Opinion
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CARTOON: Flooding makes people move quickly
This week, Danny Zemp draws the pace at which flooding makes people move.
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An intense, confronting read
A review of The Winter Road by Kate Holden Authored by journalist Kate Holden, The Winter Road is the winner of the 2021 Walkley Book…
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A Q&A with visual artist Tracey Samios
Tracey Samios is a visual artist, working mainly in acrylics, pastels and linocut printmaking. Her artwork is a mixed bag varying in styles from naive…
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Head down to the theatre
The 1812 Theatre The History Boys. The 1812 Theatre’s October production was Alan Bennett’s The History Boys. A story of a mythical boys grammar school…
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Restless-ly tense and funny French thriller
Restless Starring Frack Gastambide, Michaël Abiteboul and Simon Abkarian Rated MA15+ 4.5/5 A French remake of the South Korean film A Hard Day, Restless is…
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Goodbye from Brad Battin
As I write my final State of Affairs column, I am saddened that I will no longer get to represent your amazing communities. At the…
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“Reader Development” Roundtable
This is the first in a series of three articles featuring the 2022 Cities of Literature Meeting hosted by Melbourne, our own UNESCO City of…
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What’s on in theatres
Peter Kemp has listed theatre productions being presented in the Dandenong Ranges. The Bakery at 1812 Theatre presents The History Boys The play opens in…
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A Q&A with Selby Community House manager Yvette Hayes
1. What is something people don’t know about you? I always wanted to be a hippy, growing my own vegetables and living off the land.…
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CARTOON: Goodbye Uncle Jack Charles
This week the Star Mail’s resident cartoonist pays tribute to Indigenous Australian icon Uncle Jack Charles.
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Eleven years later, looking back on the saddest children’s books
Back on January 26, 2011, I published an article titled “The Saddest Children’s Books”, recommending some of the books that help young readers understand and…
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FILM REVIEW: Spiderhead is half a good movie
Spiderhead Starring Miles Teller, Chris Hemsworth and Jurnee Smollett Rated MA15+ 3/5 A science fiction psychological thriller directed by Joseph Kosinski, Spiderhead epitomises the phrase…
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