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Benedict Andrews offers modern take of Chekhov’s Three Sisters
BENEDICT Andrews, one of Australia’s most feted theatre directors of the moment, is having a sizzling 2012 in London. Having recently staged Big and Small at the Barbican, featuring Cate Blanchett,...
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Knife attack inspires lifestyle change for Timba Smits
People deal with traumatic experiences in very different ways. For many, getting brutally stabbed on a bus would be more than enough to scare them away and ruin their faith in humanity forever. For...
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Fascinators at the ready: Melbourne Cup 2012 in London
AS Australians, it is engrained in our psyche that the first Tuesday of November every year means one thing only – time to watch the Melbourne Cup. “The race that stops a nation”, first held in 1861,...
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Working with wildlife: Aust photographers earn global acclaim
There is something almost hypnotizing about the perfect wildlife photograph. One that can capture the subtle beat of a butterfly’s wings, or the slow pull of a lumbering tortoise through incandescent...
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Aussies to spin a yarn at London Storytelling Festival
An engaging storyteller. A brilliant raconteur. Dinner party guest extraordinaire, and all-round entertainer. Who wouldn’t love to hear those words said about them. To be known as an ingenious orator,...
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Winning with a Whirlpool: Aussie astronomer takes top prize
THERE is nothing quite like that feeling of standing in an empty country field, staring up at a million stars set against a deep expanse of black. It’s a feeling of comfortable smallness. Of...
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The queen speaks: Judith Lucy on her comedic reign
NOSTALGIA: A sentimental longing for the past. Decades long gone, lost weekends, old friends, or just that memory of a simpler time. How is it invoked? Instagramming our IPhone photos, wearing vintage...
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Mezzo-soprano Lauren Easton on song at Royal Opera House
Image: Robert Workman IT CAN be safely assumed that not many young female opera singers harbour a conscious desire to interpret the role of a Portuguese yellow sofa. Mozart’s Queen of the Night,...
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Photo of the Week: Harvest Season WA
THE harvest season is in full swing throughout country Western Australia. In this photo, the sun sets over a silo in a wheat paddock at Gorya Downs, a farm in the south-east region of WA. With a...
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Australians Represent at the V & A Hollywood Costume Exhibition
Image: V & A Images THE Victoria and Albert Museum, known locally as the V & A, is well worth a visit by the Australian tourist. Located on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, it is opposite...
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Photo of the Week: the Milky Way from Oz
“MANY people think that to get great views of stars you have to go to places like the tops of volcanoes in Hawaii, But some of the best sky in world can be seen in Australia’s mountains in winter....
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Photo of the Week: on the Bridle Trail near Bathurst
“THE Bridle Trail originally ran from Bathurst to the once major gold-mining town of Hill End. The road runs by the Macquarie River which runs north-west from Bathurst to Lake Burrandong. The road was...
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Australian artist Patricia Piccinini first UK solo exhibition
The Carrier, Patricia Piccinini AUSTRALIAN artist Patricia Piccinini is currently exhibiting her first UK solo show at London gallery Haunch of Venison. A mix of five new large-scale sculptural works...
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Photo of the Week: Sydney’s Macquarie Lighthouse at sunrise
“Sydney is blessed with many headlands and beaches to catch the sunrise. I was on my way to South Head early one morning when I passed the Vaucluse lighthouse which was at that moment lit up by the...
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Bali Raw: Underneath the shiny surface of this tropical paradise
BALI – a cheaper tourist destination you may not find. But things don’t get that cheap without a whole lot of skulduggery. Who better to expose the skulduggery than a former Bali resident; in this...
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Photo of the Week: Japanese snow monkey
“I spent last year living and working in Japan, teaching English. At the same time I tried my best to fit in some travel wherever I could. “I visited the Jigokudani monkey park in Nagano, famous for...
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Book review: ‘African Dawn’ by Tony Park
TONY Park’s novel tells the intertwining stories of three families in Zimbabwe throughout the latter half of the 20th century, as the country becomes engulfed in turmoil and bloodshed. Set against the...
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Photo of the Week: Matterhorn magic
“The Matterhorn is one of the most recognisable landscapes in Europe and not only appealing to skiers during the winter but for hikers during the summer. This shot was taken late on a summer’s evening...
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Official portrait of Duchess of Cambridge unveiled at NPG
THE first official portrait of the Duchess of Cambridge has been unveiled to the public, and is already diving opinion with its ‘realistic’ portrayal of Kate Middleton. Commissioned by the National...
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AUSTRALIA DAY |‘Sunday in Australia House’ Aussie showcase
HAVING recently celebrated two years of showcasing the best and brightest established and emerging Australian talent in the UK, the quarterly event Sunday in the Apartment is now welcoming back its...
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