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Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie has no time to waste
The Wallabies need to start scoring again – and fast, John Stensholt writes. Their new coach hopes that techniques learned though his business career in waste management can help put the national rugby team back on the winning side.
How economic crisis is bringing Europe’s masterpieces to Melbourne
The Prado has not been immune from the effects of Spain’s economic crisis – but one of the results is its latest eagerly anticipated show for the National Gallery of Victoria.
How Mathias Cormann got from Belgium to Australia
For the first two decades of his life, Mathias Cormann didn’t speak a word of English. Geoff Kitney writes that Australia’s Finance Minister has a back story unlike any other in Parliament.
Invitations required to visit Garangula Gallery
The building that is home to a private Aboriginal art collection tells the story of the Garangula land as much as the artworks inside. Katrina Strickland enjoys an exclusive visit.
Welcome welcome to Hotel Hotel
Johnathan Efkarpidis, owner of a funky new hotel in Canberra, reckons that the fancier the lodging, the less at ease guests feel.
Santo Cilauro’s first play satirises the speechmakers
Getting audiences to ‘laugh upwards’ is the aim of ‘The Speechmaker’, the first play written by political satirists Santo Cilauro and Rob Sitch.
Tapping China’s fledgling art buyers
The Hong Kong art fair is on again with much to tempt an enthusiastic new audience from mainland China.
Fashion: Ideas for looking fresh even on gloomy days
Umbrellas from Tom Ford, Fox and Burberry: looks like rain.
How to slip into a fashion show
It takes imagination and finesse to get into the hottest fashion shows these days.
Ramdane Touhami latest project has a whiff of history
The French entrepreneur has created an apothecary inspired by 19th-century perfumer Jean-Vincent Bully.
Adam Goodrum’s out-of-the-box furniture
Don’t even try to pigeonhole this designer’s furniture style.
Andy Plummer’s glass eye
After a long career as a hard-dealing mining financier, the delicate craft of glass art appeals.
Wilfred Owen, the Great War’s Peter Pan
Irony was a common theme in Wilfred Owen’s poems, as well as his life.
Cabernet conundrum
Cabernet and its blends are the most abundant vine varieties around, but that doesn’t mean the drinking is ordinary.
