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From the get-go Batman: Arkham City is easily one of the coolest games I’ve ever played, and a great sequel to an already legendary game. The story of Arkham City opens with the kidnapping of Bruce Wayne by the forces of Hugo Strange.  …

There will be ‘no truce with the criminals’ pledges Mexico’s newly-elected President Enrique Peña Nieto. He has slick shiny black hair which he combs into a small mountain at the front of his head, a nugget of gold for political cartoonists. But …

The 18th Biennale of Sydney has just kicked off enticing art lovers with an array of eclectic and mesmerising works. This year a sewing theme is stitching together many of the works into an appealing  and interactive visual tableau.

A Mexican wave of eateries is taking Sydney by storm. A recent addition to Sydney’s cultural melting pot of ethnic food, the Mexican experience is proving very popular. While Italian, Indian, Asian and Middle Eastern cuisine has been readily available since the …

They say a picture paints a thousand words. But as I fixed my gaze upon Kamalesh’s harrowing oil painting, I began to wonder whether the age-old idiom did this work enough justice, writes Anusha Menon. We’d talked about his time at Villawood …

Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar joins the Indian parliament but as Joseph Ra’na reflects, officially mixing sports and politics may not be such a good idea after all. Be it well dressed kids sporting the best cricket gear money could buy or the …

Parramatta Council has rejected claims that plans for the $1.6 billion development of the city’s business district fell through due to financial mismanagement, writes Renee Attard. The council has also refused to detail how much the botched planning process has cost ratepayers, …

A 10-year-old Vietnamese girl who has spent 12 months detained at the Darwin Immigration detention centre has written a heartfelt plea asking the public for help, writes Zijun Li. The girl is one of 50 detainees waiting for their refugee claims to be …

Proposed amendments to the Marriage Act have split Australian church leaders. With three private members bills seeking to reform the Act still being considered in parliament, the Catholic Church last month circulated 80, 000 letters urging Catholics to express their opposition to …

Two Norwegian artists who have won fame in Lebanon through their web project 2famous.tv tested public support for their work after receiving threats, writes Pablo Majluf. Following one particularly serious threat, they went public and asked the community if they should quit. More …