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Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh famously said: “So often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me, and reminded me that there are good things…

This year’s bushfire season is more or less over. But work never stops for the volunteers of the Ferntree Gully CFA Urban Fire Brigade, which…

The 1812 theatre The Housekeeper Floundering after the death of his mother, Manley Carstairs, a self-styled literary artist, employs a housekeeper, Anne Dankworth, to look…

This week we saw the funeral of Pope Francis, the spiritual leader of approximately 1.406 billion Catholics across the world. An event that was attended…

They think I’m building a house. I’m building a haven, not with brick, but with tenderness. What They Don’t Know” by Jericho Brown Housing seems…

The Sirens, by Australian author Emilia Hart, is an intriguing story about two sets of sisters. Lucy is a university student in modern-day Australia, while…

Sinners Starring Michael B. Jordan, Miles Caton and Hailee Steinfeld MA15+ 4.5/5 Sinners is a stand-out fusion of horror, action and musical helmed by Black…

2025 marks special milestones of war history, in which many Australians were involved too. It is the 110th year since the landing at Gallipoli and…

The 1812 Theatre The Thrill of Love A story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in England for murder. Written by Amanda…

The tariff war has broken out. Who’s going to be the winner of this war?

Death of a Unicorn Starring Jenna Ortega, Paul Rudd and Richard E. Grant MA15+ 4.5/5 An outstanding feature debut for writer-director Alex Scharfman, Death of…

Published in February 2025, All Shall Mourn is the much anticipated third and final instalment in Australian author Ellie Marney’s “None Shall Sleep Sequence”. It…