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Human Affairs

The kids are alright: Olly Arkins and the gold in Sydney’s broken nightlife

Joel O'Connor -
There are cities that know how to have a good time, and there are cities that require a committee, three permits and a police operation before anybody is...
Music

Lost in a weekend sound

John T Bottom -
Phoebe Bridgers’ Lost Weekend is thick with atmosphere, a record that takes the small, uncomfortable furniture of grief and heartbreak and places it inside a much bigger room....

NEWS

Music

Dad loses his words. Sydney knows them.

John T Bottom -
What stayed with the audience at #1 Dads' concert at Sydney's Lansdowne Hotel on Thursday 5 November was not a perfectly delivered chorus. It...
Locals

OUT & ABOUT – November 2026

South Sydney Herald -
Playgroups in the Park, Tuesday 10 November, 10am–1pm at Redfern Park. This free event gives families from Redfern, Waterloo, Alexandria, Zetland, Surry Hills and surrounding...
Books

Reading together: Ashley Kalagian Blunt brings books to Randwick

Karina Kreminski -
In a cafe at Circular Quay, one of Australia’s most popular crime writers, Ashley Kalagian Blunt, shares with me an early childhood memory about...
Cartoons

Stand down firing squad!

norrie mAy-welby -
Exhibitions

Art from the Heart of the Cross: 25 years of saving lives in Kings Cross

Julie McCrossin -
The Uniting Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) has just celebrated 25 years since opening its doors in Kings Cross. It was the first harm...
Music

London lockdown to global stages: the story behind Sir El Tom

Gerry Sont -
When British musician Tom Cridland first sat down to learn piano during lockdown, he could hardly have imagined where it would lead. Today, he...
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First Peoples

Dr Charles Perkins Oration: Duane Fraser calls for independent and enduring First Nations body

Mark Scott -
Council of First Nations CEO urges First Nations groups to join and build a national body Duane Fraser evoked Dr Charles Perkins’ metaphor of ‘fire...
Exhibitions

Sidney Nolan’s Origins: the making of an Australian artist

Scarlett Thompson -
The Art Gallery of NSW has opened...
Locals

Waterloo’s got talent

Lizzy Draven -
October saw the launch of the first...
Theatre

The Good Soldier Švejk

Yvonne Hocothee -
An adaptation of the very funny adventures of a hapless Czech soldier in the Austro-Hungarian Army and a much loved European classic.
Human Affairs

Building a greener Inner West: hopes and hurdles

Scarlett Thompson -
Kobi Shetty, local MP for Balmain, has...

OPINION

Stand down firing squad!

Cartoons norrie mAy-welby -

In the worlds we can only see through comic books…

Cartoons norrie mAy-welby -

A sacramental view of the world

Religion & Ethics Andrew Collis -
Ask the Rev. Fr Alasdair MacKinnon-Love to describe his spirituality in one word and his answer comes quickly: “Sacramental.” Alasdair is an Anglican priest on...

FIRST PEOPLES

Tanya Plibersek’s plan to end violence against Indigenous women and children and its progress so far

First Peoples Jessica Shepherd -
Minister for Social Services Tanya Plibersek launched a ten-year action plan in February to end family, domestic and sexual violence against Aboriginal and Torres...

First Nations Fashion Design reclaims the runway

First Peoples Sophia Poole -
In a fashion system historically built on the exclusion of First Nations representation, Reclamation, staged on the eve of Australian Fashion Week (11–15 May),...

Always was and always will be Aboriginal land

First Peoples South Sydney Herald -
On Anzac Day, hundreds gathered in Redfern for the 19th annual Coloured Diggers March, honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander veterans and their enduring...

CULTURE

London lockdown to global stages: the story behind Sir El Tom

Music Gerry Sont -
When British musician Tom Cridland first sat down to learn piano during lockdown, he could hardly have imagined where it would lead. Today, he...

35mm: A Musical Exhibition

Theatre Catherine Skipper -
An exciting, high-energy multimedia song cycle based on photographs featuring five versatile vocalists, strong musical accompaniment and excellently choreographed.

Sidney Nolan’s Origins: the making of an Australian artist

Exhibitions Scarlett Thompson -
The Art Gallery of NSW has opened a major exhibition dedicated to Australian artist Sidney Nolan, displaying more than 150 paintings created before his...
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