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Australia’s history of blackbirding - the practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders and using them in forced labour is a lesser-known part of our story.
For the past three decades, UK Singer-Songwriter Beth Orton has refused to be boxed in or bow to commercial binaries.
Stephanie Lake might have failed third year ballet but that hasn't stopped her becoming one of the nation’s most exciting choreographers, for The Australian Ballet.
What did an orphan in Venice with no fingers on her left hand, have to do with the great composer Antonio Vivaldi?
What is assisted evolution or genetic rescue and could it save the projected one-third of plants and animals that face extinction by 2070.
The martini a drink that never seems to go out of style. It’s tuxedos, sophistication, it’s the Great Gatsby … and of course James Bond. How has this drink managed to retain its iconic status after all this time?
Where arguing was once an art form, today it seems more like a free-for-all pub brawl. So is it time we go back to basics? Can ancient rhetoricians teach us how to get along again? Professor Robin Reams on 'The Ancient Art of Thinking for Your
Did you know Dr Kerryn Phelps was an aerobics instructor? … or that such was her voracious appetite for learning, her favourite school holiday reading was the World Book Encyclopedia? Her new memoir Power of Balance reveals all.
Jess Ribeiro grew up in country Chinese restaurants where her father socialised and she uses memories of these times to inform her songwriting and music videos.
It used to be said that men were from Mars and women were from Venus. Well, in the digital age perhaps it’s more like men are from YouTube and women are from Instagram. So what do our different digital habits mean for feminism and sexism in th
Identity labels are often a way for people to find community, but is there a downside to these otherwise good intentions? And how has identity politics been conflated with social justice?
How far would you go to get the shot? Would you … climb a rock face … learn to base jump … run towards the eye of a storm? Photographer Krystle Wright is willing to go to extremes for her art.
Imagine cleaning out the house of a loved one after their death and finding a priceless famously stolen artwork amongst their things. This is how a 35 year old mystery was solved ... or was it?
Claire Anne Taylor’s voice grew out of the Tarkine region of Tasmania. It has a deep raspy, woody texture just like the Huon pine trees or myrtle beech trees that grow there.
The brutal calculations of the value of your life are happening all around you every day - from the cost of lifeboats to the cost of IVF. Jenny Kleeman has investigated how much we're worth.
Did you know that new research has indicated one of those Magpie population’s is smarter than the other? And that the more aggressive the swooping the less intelligent the bird?
The marvellous art critic and curator Julie Ewington regales us with tales of those artists who began the Impressionist art movement and the women and Australians among their ranks.
With five Grammy awards under his belt, he’s written music for Disney and sung and performed with Stevie Wonder … New Orleans-born PJ Morton drops by on his way to play the Byron Bay Blues Festival.
One of Australia’s leading housing economists has taken a deep look at the way we do housing and believes the whole system is a hoax and a myth.
Bush food is diverse and plentiful in Far North Queensland, and in a new series premiering on SBS, Samantha Martin, the Bush Tukka Woman, embarks on a hunt and forage through this extraordinary region for fresh local ingredients from the sea t
Kyle Chayka's new book Filterworld asks the question, are you really thinking for yourself or are the algorithms doing it for you?
Soprano singer Nina Korbe is playing Maria in Opera Australia's production of West Side Story, she speaks with us about what the character means to her.
You may have seen The Mona Lisa, but few have been as up close and personal as Optical Engineer and consultant to The Louvre Museum, Pascal Cotte who was given unprecedented access to the painting by the French Ministry of Culture.
The Baroque opera movement had it all celebrity, money and bad behaviour. Find out more about the origins of this era of opera.
What exactly is the West? Is it a Big Mac, the Magna Carta, the Christian cross, or the Statue of Liberty? One Professor of Classics at Oxford University argues the West is a sum of its parts, borrowed, stolen and traded from the East.
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