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Mysh arrived in the late morning, when humans were most alert. This timing typically led to fewer errors. Their errors, of course, not hers. Still, it was valuable to be patient with them. Their republic was her reason for being. And it was beautiful. The …

Material aspiration clashes with true romance in Glace Chase’s open-hearted play Triple X.

Mitski’s latest album, Laurel Hell, is her darkest yet – and one of her most beautiful.

NGV International’s exhibition Bark Ladies distances these vital works from their material and social contexts.

Documentary theatremaker Roslyn Oades has spent her life investigating the art of listening.

(after Ben Quilty’s Pig 2011) Flying. That’s the word he used. Actually it was Absolutely flying – as in: Must’ve been absolutely flying! Which was fitting because it was clear the car had, …

You could describe 60-year-old Michael Winterbottom as a prolific British filmmaker. He has more than 30 movies to his name, from dramas such as Welcome to Sarajevo to comedies including The Trip series starring Steve Coogan and Rob …

“I was fed on a diet of lies and invisibility about the true history of this country from a very young age,” recalls Jackie Huggins. In the new edition of her prescient 1998 book Sister Girl: Reflections on Tiddaism, Identity and Reconciliation, …

It has been said of Jane Austen’s characters that their primary terror is of being expelled from the class of their birth. In this reading, the astringently measured dialogue and super-sensible alertness to the details of social existence that mark …

“Many [people],” John Keane tells us, “think democracy is fucked.” That’s the context for Keane’s fascinating little book: a history – as per its title – but also a defence of democracy. He begins by busting some myths. The traditional …

Sylvia Plath’s grave sits atop a very steep hill in the English village of Heptonstall. Plath’s gravestone records her name as “Sylvia Plath Hughes”. The “Hughes” lettering appears noticeably duller, as if scratched away by inkless pens or …

We’re all drowning in distraction. “It felt like our civilisation had been covered with itching powder,” writes British journalist Johann Hari near the beginning of this insightful, global investigation, “and we spent our time twitching and twerking …