It is time to undertake the Great Transition from energy systems based on fossil fuels to ecologically sustainable systems. Fossil fuels – coal, oil and gas – initially served us well, providing the basis for industrial society. However, we are now well beyond the point where their adverse environmental, social and economic ...
It is half time at the long-running trial of former Murdoch executives Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, and five others, on charges of phone hacking, bribery and destroying evidence. The long-anticipated trial finally began on 28 October last year, and the prosecution has now finished its case, with the defence ...
American curator Andrew Robison describes Piranesi’s work as ‘extraordinary in composition, expression, draughtsmanship, tonality, texture and technique – not only in the history of graphic art but in the history of all the arts’, and identifies him as ‘the most important artist to make his reputation almost entirely on the ...
Every year on Australia Day, hundreds of sailing craft of all sizes take to the waters of Sydney Harbour to celebrate a tradition that has been taking place for over 175 years. Today known as the Australia Day Regatta, this spectacle was first held on 26 January 1837 when a ...
Actor and theatre director John Bell spoke of how vital Loudon Sainthill's work was in his own artistic journey, in this speech delivered at the launch of Fantasy Modern: Loudon Sainthill’s theatre of art and life, available now from NewSouth.
Citiesare great subjects for literary non-fiction – most Australians live in them – but, when it comes to writing about cities, they are usually given the guidebook treatment, rather than prompting memorable pieces of writing. So the inspiration for this series was literary, not some pointy-headed urge to make a grand statement ...
Science is full of extraordinary stories – stories of explanation; stories of innovation; stories of the microcosmic and the macrocosmic and everywhere in between. They talk about the past, the present or the future, and often with some of the most interesting and compelling characters you could find. They unravel our ...
The university sector around the world is facing significant challenges. Political, cultural, economic and technological factors have created an environment that requires each university to rethink strategic directions at many levels, including how the institution is managed, how teaching is delivered, where sustainable funding sources can be found and what ...
The rapid rise of the Australian pastime of surf bathing, which began on Sydney’s beaches and spread north and south, was revolutionary. The beaches were free in the way that baths were not and much was made of their democratic origins. They became places where social codes of decorum ...
