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Once again, the Biennale has taken over Sydney, adding hyper-excitement, colour and zing to a number of venues around our already zinging, parti-coloured city. The 2014 Biennale curator, Juliana Engberg, has situated what she terms the festival’s more “liminal, libidinous and liquious” …

Baz Luhrmann sauntered into the rehearsal room at Carriageworks on February 25 quipping over his shoulder “ I thought you said a couple of friends Bruce”. The joke was aimed at his publicist Bruce Pollack but the real targets were the close …

Possessions, the original ‘girl road story’, heads for Sydney’s King Street Theatre on March 27, following an acclaimed premiere season in Boston USA. Thelma and Louise meets Dangerous Liaisons, this thought-provoking new play is conceived, written and performed by Jane Bergeron and Carrie Ann Quinn and presented by the …

Thousands of students from across the world met in London last month to tackle the many serious problems that challenge us in the new millennium. London Model United Nations 2014, held from February 21 to 23,  was the largest and most international …

Last night Sydney enjoyed another fabulous Mardi Gras parade despite the threat of rain. The 36th parade, under the theme Kaleidoscope, roared to life in its customary spectacular fashion with the Dykes on Bikes convoy and featured a giant puppet of Russian …

Outside it was a grey, hostile, traffic snarled, drizzly Sydney evening but here in the City Recital Centre it was warm, golden and all at peace. I felt all my angst, peak hour jitters and parking station traumas drop away like moldy …

Why do we travel? Do we seek adventure? Or a tranquil getaway from our busy lifestyle? Or maybe a busy getaway from our tranquil lifestyle? Whatever the reason, we know that travel opens our eyes and broadens our minds to diverse cultures …

  She gazes down at the newborn in her lap: baby Reg does not reciprocate his mother’s smile but stares past her at the ceiling with wide blue eyes. “It’s a bit like having a crush on Justin Bieber or something. I …

The Socialist People’s Party, one of the parties in the Danish coalition government, has withdrawn its participation after massive criticism of the sale of shares in the partly state-owned energy company Dong to US firm Goldman Sachs. The Socialist People’s Party (SF) …

Scottish post rock giants Mogwai headlined the fifth day of Glasgow’s annual Celtic Connections festival at the city’s Centre for Contemporary Arts on the day their new album Rave Tapes was released. Five songs from the new album were played amongst some …