Warning: Tamper with Vegemite at your peril, writes Robert Drewe
Like most Australians who have consumed Vegemite all their lives, Robert Drewe had never given the nation’s favourite shiny black yeast extract a conscious…
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Baby talk – but not from babies, writes Robert Drewe
Sometimes Australia’s obsession with shortening words goes just too far and that’s ‘defo’, writes Robert Drewe. The other day I heard a hospital administrator…
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Tea with the Colourman
Master Paint-maker David Coles is creating a palette of colours that reflect the unique Australian light, writes Sabine Amoore Pinon of Still @ the…
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The stars come out for Splendour 2017
The countdown to Splendour in the Grass 2017 has begun with some of the world’s best bands set to blaze across four stages at…
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Christine Porter: Shadowing Tom Roberts
Christine Porter’s poignant exhibition, ‘Shadowing Tom’, opens on February 25 at Inverell Art Gallery. Porter charts the extraordinary story of her journey following the…
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Robert Drewe on summer secrets, sharks and seagulls
Summer’s early this year, and it’s got Robert Drewe pondering some eternal questions on Australia’s enduring love affair with sea, sand and sunshine. Ah,…
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Dr Libby brings her latest book on women’s health to Bangalow
Don’t miss this rare chance to catch Australia’s own international health guru, biochemist, author and speaker Dr. Libby Weaver, talking about her latest book…
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It’s official, beachgoers prefer fine weather
Robert Drewe discovers that Stating the Bleeding Obvious has somehow become a well-respected profession. Regular readers might have noticed that this column is intrigued…
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Here comes the sun king, here comes the sun king…
This year the Byron Bay Film Festival celebrates one of the nation’s greatest artists, with the film The King Sun; John Olsen at…
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Artistic tension of two worlds
Indie publisher and book artist Rosie Sherwood knows what it’s like to live in two worlds – even though she is based in the…
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