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Opinion
City life
Why deciphering ‘dog’ is much easier than baby talk
While I’m forced to navigate the complex territory of dog/human communication, my new nine-month-old human friend just cruises along, observes Clancy Glover.
- by Richard Glover
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Access all areas: the Australian photographer celebrities embraced
Robert Rosen was a fixture in London’s clubs and catwalks and on the Sydney social scene in the 1980s and ’90s. But don’t call him part of the paparazzi.
- by Lee Tulloch
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Australian music
Aussie band Rufus Du Sol using ice baths and meditation in rise to top
The three-piece indie dance band Sydney has the big time internationally. Ice baths ensured they were literally chilled as they recorded a new album, Surrender.
- by Annabel Ross
Opinion
WordPlay
AUKUS debate continues: is a submarine a ship or a boat?
Last month’s WordPlay queried how to say this newborn acronym. Mash the names of three nations into one and awkwardness ensues. But wait, there’s more!
- by David Astle
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Review
Heavy is the head that wears the frown
HBO’s dynastic comedy-drama Succession returns for an explosive third season.
- by Michael Idato
How sex clown Betty Grumble uses her body to heal from sexual assault
The sex clown’s daily online aerobics shows were partly a spiritual quest in defiance of a pandemic that has decimated the arts.
- by Steve Dow
Opinion
Review
What’s behind the fascination with dancing skeletons?
In Medieval times when the plague came knocking there was no point in brooding on your fate. The Dance of Death was a release from tension.
- by John McDonald
Opinion
Literature
Novelists are told not to include dreams. This writer argues differently
Into the dreamworld: author Charlotte Wood on bucking the rules
- by Charlotte Wood
New York, 1967, Warhol, the Velvets: ‘As if you were really there’
Todd Haynes’ documentary puts viewers inside the moment that changed music forever.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
The stuff that sticks: Nina Simone’s gum binds Warren Ellis’ memoir
The musician’s debut book is a celebration of small moments and connections between people.
- by JP O’ Malley
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Review
James Blake back at his best with friends that break your heart
Mike Noga’s Open Fire, James Blake’s Friends that Break Your Heart and The Hard-Ons’ I’m Sorry Sir, that Riff is Taken.
- by Martin Boulton, Craig Mathieson and Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen