Laughing All the Way to the Banksy
A few years ago, A Perth graffiti artist was aggrieved that one of his pieces, at an estimated value of $20 000, was unwittingly erased from a Perth wall by…
Review: Dinner by Black Swan State Theatre Company
I was fairly excited to see the Moira Buffini play Dinner at the State Theatre, for what should be fairly obvious reasons. I was promised live lobsters, death and betrayal.…
Review: Mariko Mori at AGWA
Luminescent. If I had to describe this exhibition in one word, that’s what it would be. Mariko Mori’s first solo exhibition in Perth, Rebirth follows the theme of humans in…
Can the real Paul Johnson please stand up
Just who is our Vice Chancellor, exactly? “I’m not sure that anyone would ever say administration is the endgame. No one wants to end their days sitting in meetings.” UWA’s…
The Consensus on Lomborg
Pelican speaks to the charismatic Copenhagener about his new role at UWA Interview by Kat Gillespie The announcement that UWA will use a $4 million federal grant to build an…
The Potato Expose: The Truth Behind Australia’s Most Regulated Vegetable
The Yukon Gold. The Austrian Crescent. The Irish Lumber and the Bintje. These are outlawed potatoes, just a few of the many varieties that are people are forbidden to grow…
Skeletons in the Closet
When I left home, and my disposable income became my not-so-disposable income, the first thing I gave up was fashion. For someone who’d grown up on a diet of Country…
Save Australia’s Most Venerable Institutions
You may not yet know it, reader, but we are under attack. From whom? By what? And how? These seemingly pertinent questions lapse into irrelevancy when we consider two points:…
Review: Venus in Fur (Theatre)
Venus in Fur (Theatre) Black Swan State Theatre Company It started with thunder, it ended with leather. The bits in between were OK. Venus in Fur is the new one…
The Politics of Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Contest is like a riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a feather boa, and doused in sequins, just for good measure. It swings into our lives…