Today
The ’90s throwback that’s more than nostalgia
A musical woven around an iconic Alanis Morrissette album gives its grungy spirit a modern, relevant outlet.
- Michael Bailey
This Month
Leonard Cohen and his most famous song
This documentary views the long and illustrious career of the singer-songwriter through the lens of a single song: Hallelujah.
- John McDonald
- Analysis
- Literature
How to write a better book
If you’re penning a memoir, writes Jess Ho, you can’t leave yourself out of it, no matter how private a person you are.
- Jess Ho
- Opinion
- Royal family
Why Camilla will be the ultimate feminist queen
The Duchess of Cornwall does not play it safe and instead chooses what might be seen as controversial issues to champion.
- Julie Bindel
Satisfaction has nothing to do with achievement, money, or stuff
Our natural state is dissatisfaction, punctuated by brief moments of satisfaction. But there are ways to overcome that instinct.
- Arthur Brooks
Sydney Opera House reveals jewel of its $300m major facelift
The Sydney Opera House’s famed Concert Hall has undergone a major refurbishment, ushering in a new era before it turns 50 next year.
- Farid Farid
$59m sale points to female artists edging towards price parity
At high-end art auctions around the globe, female artists continue to set new records.
- Colin Gleadell
Harry Potter books could be worth more than $250k
First edition copies of the Millennial favourite are becoming seriously sought after.
- Theo Chapman
Why I wrote a novel, not a history book, about our frontier violence
Researching Australian history led journalist Paul Daley to accounts of a shameful trade by 19th and 20th century collectors that is still playing out to this day.
- Paul Daley
Hemsworth’s latest Thor outing is pure pantomime
Taika Waititi’s second film about the God of Thunder is riotous entertainment, but don’t come along expecting high drama.
- John McDonald
Meet the cellist breaking classical music’s barriers
Sheku Kanneh-Mason and his six virtuoso siblings have given a new face and new energy to a traditional form.
- Michael Bailey
Inside the most notorious golf course in the world
The Old Course at St Andrews is one of the most challenging in the world. Now the world’s best golfers are heading there for only the 30th time for the Open Championship.
- Richard Allen
‘Intoxicating’ painting sets new auction record
The densely patterned work glistens with gold leaf and looks both strangely modern and deeply steeped in the Italian Renaissance.
- Gabriella Coslovich
Collector pays $16.2m for casting of Rodin’s iconic ‘The Thinker’
The French sculptor’s best-known work continues to attract collectors, with a casting going under the hammer at a Paris auction.
- Reuters
- Opinion
- Social media
Why Tom Cruise is Hollywood’s last real movie star
Sheer force of will is now part of his potent mix of athleticism and charisma. That combination goes a long way to explain why Top Gun: Maverick is a hit.
- Calum Marsh
Will the real Elvis, please stand up
Baz Luhrmann’s biopic of the singer is driving a newfound interest in the all things Presley.
- Theo Chapman
Meet the original exponents of fake news
Lost Illusions is a brilliant period piece – a visually sumptuous reconstruction of Paris in the 1820s, in all its splendour and squalor.
- John McDonald
June
Cartier ‘mystery clock’ from rural NSW sets world record at auction
Passed down through the Coote family of jewellers, the 1920s clock that appears to float in crystal raised $1.2 million for an environmental charity.
- Gabriella Coslovich
- Opinion
- Streaming
New series ‘Loot’ mocks billionaire divorces
Molly Novak, the heroine of this Apple TV+ vehicle, is a tech tycoon’s soon-to-be ex-wife who is funny and childishly delighted by her lavish lifestyle.
- Mike Hale
When ochre, sweat and torn skirts are all in a day’s work
Designing dance costumes, says Bangarra’s Frances Rings and Jennifer Irwin, is literal push and pull. They wouldn’t have it any other way.
- Lauren Sams
