A fragrant garland of classical Indian raga
Målå is a classical Indian music experience featuring international...
Mandy Nolan
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Asking for what you want
As a performer for over 30 years who has sat crammed next to toilet rolls in a supply room, dealt with dirty undies in the manager’s office and sat in a cold concrete outdoor space under a tarp in cyclonic conditions, I understand that when you crack the big time you might pull a few diva requests.
A very full weekend at Byron Music Festival
Byron Music Festival has announced the full epic lineup...
Bakersfield Mist
Following a successful run in Brisbane, PlayHavoc in association...
Byron’s favourite block party
Australian roots legends, The Beautiful Girls, will headline Stone...
Cinema: Fast X
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32RAq6JzY-w
There is a certain type of movie fan who...
Help kids fly…
Spaghetti Circus is calling for supporters for their Scholarship...
Dance and escape at the Nudge
Dance and escape before their winter break at June’s Nudge Nudge Wink...
Cinema
Cinema: Fast X
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32RAq6JzY-w
There is a certain type of movie fan who will get a bit excited...
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The Rocket
I’d always imagined Laos to be wet and steamy. Until well into Kim Mordaunt’s uplifting film, I was struck by how dry and dusty was the landscape in which it is set. It transpired that the region was in the grip of drought and desperately wanting rain.
Cinema Review: Mile 22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJU6S5KOsNI
The blood-splattered uber-action flick has evolved in recent times, to the point that we...
Cinema Review: The Accountant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KQX2sIhQJY
This is one of those Russian doll movies – you keep lifting the lid...
Seven in print
Cartoon of the week – 31 May 2023
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Interviews
Interview with Akmal Saleh
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The Byron Comedy Festival is on this weekend with the event closing out with...
Interview with Linda Bull
Linda Bull has been to Bluesfest so many times she’s lost count. Linda and her sister Vika are pretty much one of Australia’s most iconic singing duos and certainly the most well known sister act.
Paul McDermott: Unafraid. Unbelievably Funny. Unmissable.
By Mandy Nolan
That is how I would describe a...
Youth post-flood photo comp
Uniting Church Australia are running a photography competition for...
Launching the WAVE 2023
Shearwater is thrilled to announce the launch of WAVE 2023:...
A basic trust of photos
Basic Trust: A Pinhole Photography Exhibition is opening this...
Cinema: Luku Ngärra: The Law of the Land
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8KTk2-4uNM
After two sold out screenings in Byron Bay, back...
Festivalspre-2020remembering the good times
Authors mentored in splendid isolation
It was a dream come true – to spend a week in splendid isolation.
The Dismissal Dossier
In The Dismissal Dossier Professor Jenny Hocking exposes the definitive story of the dismissal of Gough Whitlam’s Labor government bringing together a mixture of the unknown, the overlooked and the clandestine.