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Leaving your comfort zone is not easy but Charlotte Havez, a 21-year-old French girl, did exactly that last summer when she volunteered in two Indian schools. She decided to be part of the Tilak Bal Gurukul program that helps the poorest and …

US President Barack Obama has warned that support of the Egyptian government will depend on its adoption of US and democratic values. In last Tuesday’s address to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Obama officially cancelled military exercises with Egypt that had …

It is 11am and my brother, Cornelius, walks straight to the fridge, grabs a microwave meal and eats it straight from the plastic container. On his way to bed, he unhooks his stethoscope from his neck and flings off his Adidas trainers. …

The Renaissance Players are back on home turf and will play their next concert series in the Great Hall, Sydney University, on Saturday October 5 and Sunday October 6. The 35th Runnymede Pop Festival is a unique concert of serious, devout, comic, …

It was the first time I met John Lanzafame, pizza god to the world, celebrity chef and winner of many titles in pizza and pasta, globally. He has been an ambassador in Australia when it comes to pizza and southern Italian food …

Drawing has often been seen as the poor cousin of painting. Smaller, more spindly, less colourful – drawing and graphic arts such as printmaking, by their nature, can lack painting’s drama and spectacle. But graphic art has its own power and charm. …

This is a film about the things that unite us.  It reminds us that under our skins, cultures and the ways we choose to adorn ourselves, we’re not so very different.  It’s fly on the wall cinema, a masterpiece of open and …

A high percentage of young voters across Sydney do not like either Kevin Rudd or Tony Abbott as the next prime mister. In a poll of 150 voters between the ages of 18 and 25 in electorates across Sydney,  just under 50 …

More than fifty sculptures are on display at the Darling Park Building as part of the Sculptors Society (juried) exhibition until the end of this month. The Society holds four to five exhibitions in Sydney each year to promote the work of …

Independent filmmaking is not a career for the faint of heart writes Rebekah Woodford It’s mid afternoon and the scent of freshly painted walls fills the air. Cylinders of brightly coloured fluid in all the colours of the rainbow are arranged along …