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Alfred Nobel’s last will caused a sensation when it was publicly revealed after his death in 1896. The industrial magnate and inventor of dynamite had left his family members small, personal bequests, and allocated the rest of his vast wealth to creating …

  Sometimes too much Art seems barely enough. Sometimes too much Art is just too much. After foolhardily taking in the MCA’s Chuck Close: Prints, Process and Collaboration and the AGNSW’s POP to POPism within hours of each other, I have been …

Former nurse Lucy Haslam, who organised the Inaugural Medicinal Cannabis Symposium in Tamworth last month, has welcomed NSW Premier Mike Baird’s announcement on December 21 that up to $9 million will be allocated to conduct three or more clinical trials to look …

  On Monday December 15, less than two weeks before Christmas, Sydney and eventually the rest of the world held its collective breath as what appeared to be brutal terrorism hit Australian shores.  Self-proclaimed sheik Man Haron Monis, who was disowned by Australia’s …

US actor James Cromwell would hardly be surprised by the latest controversy that has engulfed media mogul Rupert Murdoch. The former Australian has earned much opprobrium on Twitter for tweeting his congratulations to his tabloid Sydney paper, The Daily Telegraph, for its “scoop” …

  Since 1997 the Old Fitzroy Hotel has been home to a wide range of world class, independent theatre and another stellar season is ready for its debut in 2015. Actors Sean Hawkins and Andrew Henry and producer Vanessa Wright as the …

  Move over craft beer fans! The word from London is that there’s a new kind of niche boutique café where the young and hip can be seen. This week saw the birth of the world’s first ever cereal café, where morning, …

The grisly tale of Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street has been told in many incarnations, from Victorian penny dreadfuls to stage plays and even comic books. The most well-known version is Stephen Sondheim’s musical, first performed in 1979, which …

  If you’re going to see Rupert in the hope of participating in a fierce hate fest against a controlling power hungry megalomaniac, you’ll be disappointed. David Williamson’s latest play, a musical satirical narrative about the rise of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, is surprisingly …

Today Australia and the world of sport is in mourning as the family of Phillip Joel Hughes and the people of Macksville prepare to farewell the young cricket player who died last Thursday. His tragic sudden death, only three days before his 26th birthday, …