Articles Archive

Start off with a young woman walking up the steps to her apartment building, juggling handbag, computer, briefcase and...

By Marion Halligan

FIRST, THE DIRECTOR made a pitch. The film finance people told him to get a scriptwriter. ‘I've got a...

WE WAITED IN the cold all morning. It was a Saturday in early June, only a few days before...

By Catharine Lumby

INK THIS: IN the afternoons he would begin to drink – not very much, but steadily – to gauge...

By Brian Castro

FOR THREE DAYS straight, Anna had stayed inside, limbs aching, senses dulled. She'd heard Tom come and go –...

By Cameron Raynes

I AM NOT the greatest fan of the obligatory cultural tours that are increasingly anchored in the program of...

By Huib Schippers

WHEN MILTON, IN Lycidas, tells us that "Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise/ To scorn...

By David Malouf

'WHAT IS IT about music education in Queensland?' This question is often asked when Australian music educators gather. Everyone...

By Julie Ballantyne

UNDERSTANDING OF ART can no longer be limited – as it often appears to be in the popular imagination...

The critical attitude Strikes many people as unfruitful. That is because they find the state Impervious to their criticism. But what in this...

By Robyn Archer

TWO THOUGHTS SPRANG to mind as I dangled from the top of New Zealand's tallest building one sunny November...

By Ryan Heath

THERE WAS A time when, if asked what I did, I could reply without hesitation that I was an...

By Kim Mahood