Tag: Opinion
A young adult novel about hope
Earlier this year, the multi-award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen was played at Art Centre Melbourne, featuring an all-new production design and direction delivered by...
How teeth shape our lives
Teeth:
In September 1924 James Joyce wrote in a letter to his patron Harriet Shaw Weaver: ‘My mouth is full of decayed teeth and my...
Mining the Uncanny Valley
Snow White
Starring Rachel Zegler, Gal Gadot and Andrew Burnap
PG
3.75/5
Mining the Uncanny Valley
The latest – and one of the better – Disney live-action remakes, Snow...
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The 1812 Theatre
The Thrill of Love
A divorcee with a young chid to care for, Ruth works in the land of nightclubs where there’s more...
CARTOON: No cold water
It is hard to get cold water at this time of the year.
Today’s plight and what we can do about it
Even without the disturbing images of the killing fields of overseas wars, local news can be equally unsettling.
From extreme weather events to images...
Let’s think about this prior to putting the CCTV network back in effect
As part of the Capturing the Yarra Ranges campaign, I want to share my story with the local community as a foreigner who grew...
Festival of books in Clunes
A book town, according to the International Organisation of Book Towns, is “a small rural town or village in which secondhand and antiquarian bookshops...
Soderbergh’s spy success
Black Bag
Starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender
M
4/5
Black Bag is a taut, brilliantly-written espionage thriller from director Stephen Soderbergh.
George (Michael Fassbender), a British intelligence...
Mt Evelyn’s Flame Trees
The Illawarra Flame Tree or Currajong (Brachychiton acerifolius), on the west side of Wray Crescent, is an icon of Mt Evelyn.
Believed to be...
Living Gluten Free
No bread, pasta, vegemite or pizza, ever again - or at least, not in quite the way I remember it. Don’t even get me...
CARTOON: Contrasting weather
Heavy flooding hits the north, while the south faces dry conditions.
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Tough day for Mustangs
After a bright start to the season in Round 1, the Mooroolbark Mustangs came back to earth in Round 2. The only highlight for...
