ARTS
Seducer with a song
Iain Shedden MICHAEL Buble stays on top of his game by treating every performance as if it's his last.
Dirty work of empire
Sian powell EFFORTS are afoot to preserve the traces of George Orwell's Burmese days.
Drama's big year
Graeme Blundell THERE were classy series and docos to suit every taste on the small screen.
Books of the year
Stephen Romei IN our annual books of the year wrap-up local and international authors and critics reveal their favourite reads of the past 12 months.
The stolen child
MICHAEL BODEY STEPHEN Frears talks about filming the story of a mother's 50-year search for her son.
Vision born in ink
Sherry Buchanan REVIEW talks to writer, artist and Nobel laureate Gao Xingjian in his Paris studio.
Into the wasteland
christopher allen RUSSELL Drysdale, the most important artist in shaping our post-war sense of Australia's landscape, is also one of the most in need of rediscovery.
Bombino wields his guitar as a hammer
JANE CORNWELL THE Tuareg musician is all about building, not destroying.
Sixty-five hurt as London theatre ceiling collapses
Sixty-five people are hurt after a part of the ceiling in a packed London theater collapses on top of the audience during a performance. Mana Rabiee reports.
1:24Tributes pour in for Peter O'Toole
Lawrence of Arabia star Peter O'Toole has been remembered as one of the 'giants' of Hollywood.
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A life in art
THE enduring work of artist Martin Sharp, who has died in Sydney after a long illness.
NZ lines up Avatars
REEL TIME: MICHAEL BODEY The deal between Lightstorm Entertainment, 20th Century Fox and the NZ government is a coup for the country.
Enoch is dead wrong on MTC
BRETT SHEEHY MELBOURNE Theatre Company is disappointed with the inaccurate and inflammatory comments by Wesley Enoch.
Outsider who embraced nature of absurd
Peter Craven ON the 100th anniversary of his birth, Albert Camus remains a haunting figure of integrity.
Arts Opinion
Richard Flanagan and the novel he was destined to write
Stephen Romei
If Woolies is doing coffee, the trend is about to end
Deirdre Macken
Christmas has been good to Michael Buble
Iain Shedden
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CULTURE 2014
Seducer with a song
Iain Shedden MICHAEL Buble stays on top of his game by treating every performance as if it's his last.
Dirty work of empire
Sian powell EFFORTS are afoot to preserve the traces of George Orwell's Burmese days.
The stolen child
MICHAEL BODEY STEPHEN Frears talks about filming the story of a mother's 50-year search for her son.
Odd couple on the trail
david stratton WHEN Steve Coogan read Martin Sixsmith's book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, he saw in it a great role for himself.
Aussie actors grab centre stage
Matthew Westwood ACTORS and eight theatre companies have agreed to new guidelines that limit the importation of foreign actors.
Seducer with a song
Iain Shedden MICHAEL Buble stays on top of his game by treating every performance as if it's his last.
Epic proportions
evan williams THE Greatest Story Ever Told may not be greatest film ever made but it's the best and certainly the longest of the season's offerings for the pious.
Grundy steals the show
Michaela Boland National Arts Writer HALF of the year's best prices were achieved in a night that turned over $19m for Bonhams.
Brandis urged to name museum director
Michaela Boland CHAIRMAN of the National Museum of Australia Danny Gilbert has called on Arts Minister George Brandis to appoint a new director.
Our army of talent storms Hollywood
Michael Bodey RUPERT Murdoch remains the most powerful Australian in Hollywood - though he might want to look over his shoulder.
ABOUT ARTS
OUR TEAM
Ashleigh Wilson
Arts Editor
Sydney Bureau, Australia
Ashleigh Wilson is The Australian's arts editor. He has been at the paper for 11 years, and was deputy arts editor from 2008 to 2011. In 2006, he and Nicolas Rothwell won a Walkley award for coverage of indigenous affairs.
Wilsona@theaustralian.com.au
Twitter: @ashleighbwilson
Deborah Hope
Review Editor, The Australian
Sydney Bureau, Australia
Deborah Hope edits Review, The Weekend Australian's culture section. She recently rejoined The Australian after two years in the Middle East. She is a former literary editor of The Australian, edited Review from 2008-09 and was a senior writer here for a decade.
hoped@theaustralian.com.au
Tim Douglas
Deputy Arts Editor
Sydney Bureau, Australia
Tim Douglas has been The Australian's Deputy Arts Editor since 2011. He is formerly Production Editor (Review) and has spent 14 years as a reporter, features writer and editor on newspapers including The Scotsman, The Edinburgh Evening News, Scots national arts magazine The List, and the Illawarra Mercury.
douglast@theaustralian.com.au
Twitter: @TimDouglas_Aus
Matthew Westwood
Arts Journalist
Melbourne Bureau, Australia
Matthew Westwood, the newspaper's chief arts correspondent, was arts editor from 2008 to 2011. He has been writing about the performing arts, particularly classical music and opera, for two decades. He writes a column in the arts pages every Tuesday.
westwoodm@theaustralian.com.au
Twitter @matthewwestwood
Stephen Romei
Literary Editor
Sydney Bureau, Australia
Stephen Romei is The Australian's literary editor. He blogs at A Pair of Ragged Claws and can also be found on Twitter and Facebook. When pressed, he nominates Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment as his favourite book, though sometimes it's Moby Dick.
romeis@theaustralian.com.au
Twitter @PairRaggedClaws
Michael Bodey
Journalist
Sydney Bureau, Australia
Michael Bodey is a film and media writer for The Australian and was previously arts editor, showbiz editor and media editor at The Daily Telegraph and film critic for The Age. He is the author of Broadcast Wars and co-author of Aussiewood: Australia's Leading Actors and Directors Tell How They Conquered Hollywood.
bodeym@theaustralian.com.au
Twitter: @michaelbodey
Michaela Boland
Journalist
Sydney Bureau, Australia
Michaela Boland has been The Australian's national arts writer since 2009. For the decade before that she was the Australia reporter and theatre critic for Variety, and film and television contributor to the Australian Financial Review.
bolandm@theaustralian.com.au
Twitter @michaelamarea
Iain Shedden
Journalist
Sydney Bureau, Australia
Iain Shedden has been The Australian's music writer for the past 14 years. He has interviewed some of the biggest names in music and writes profiles, news, reviews and a weekly column for Review. He also spent many years as a professional drummer, most successfully with rock band The Saints.
sheddoni@theaustralian.com.au
Twitter @sheddy12
Justin Burke
Arts Journalist
Sydney Bureau, Australia
Justin Burke is The Australian's Out & About editor and an occasional TV critic. He is a graduate of the United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney, where he also teaches.
burkej@theaustralian.com.au
Twitter: @justinburke
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