Life & ARTS 
Farewell to Rick Davies: The voice and keys of Supertramp

Rick Davies, the lead singer and co-founder of the massively successful British progressive rock ...  
Skyline blue: A birdseye view

This picture of a bird flying high above recent fog over Melbourne's Yarra Glen was shot from ...  
BOOK REVIEW: 90 Seconds to Midnight

Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs' '90 Seconds to Midnight: A Hiroshima Survivor’s Nuclear Odyssey' ...  
Frank Zappa —  Utterly brilliant as he was unconventional

American musician Frank Zappa was a clever, complex, "one-of-a-kind" artist.  
Entangled histories: Jews, Nazis and the myths of antiquity

Genetics and history expose the Nazi fantasy, revealing that Jews were never strangers to Europe ...  
Breathless lawsuits, streaming storms and fresh Aussie tracks

You Am I join the Hall of Fame, The Police fight over royalties, Spotify faces more backlash, plus ...  
Docklands remembered: 'Last Light on Victoria Dock, 1999'

For 25 years, timeless images of Melbourne's historic maritime gateway have been stored in a draw ...  
When the lights went out on Victoria Dock

Photojournalist Bill McAuley made a pilgrimage to Docklands in the late '90s to catalogue what ...  
Crown and out: A user’s guide to the world’s most famous family business

From balcony waves to podcast beefs, the Windsors remain Britain’s most entertaining export.  
The boy who went bush

This timeless image of Matthew Naughton (pictured with a rabbit trap around his neck) made 'Th ...  
From Hiroshima to Trump: The power and peril of language

A single mistranslation helped trigger two atomic bombs — and its warning still matters today ...  
Remembering Col Joye, Australia’s first teen idol

The world recently lost a music icon, and few can boast of a legacy like Sydney's homegrown supe ...  
Bernie Bragg — "brickie" extraordinaire

Bernie Bragg was an artist, builder, horseman and father who made his mark in the mud-brick ...  
Why multiculturalism is saving, not sinking, the West

As conservative voices call for assimilation, the world’s most successful nations are thriving ...  
Write, drink, repeat: A pub tale of literary ambition

For Bella, storytelling is about control — even if the publishers aren’t buying it.  
Greenie guru: The Bend of Islands' bushie who broke boundaries

Greenie guru and artist Neil Douglas pictured in his studio at Melbourne's Bend of Islands.  ...  
Guitarist Sebastian Jorgensen: Classical Montsalvat

In 1978, while on assignment for 'The Valley Voice', I photographed late classical guitarist ...  
Postcard from the People’s Republic: Albo woos Uncle Xi

When Albo goes to China, Mick reads between the lines — with a schooner in hand and absolutely ...  

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