review: The Flaming Lips – Oczy Mlody (Warner Bros/Bella Union)
Traditionally, The Flaming Lips have erred on the side of quote-unquote happy music. With Oczy Mlody the band is offering a largely dour affair, not that this is a bad…
When The Scientists Come Marching In…
The 'March for Science' is an event for "people who know science is important and want their voice to be heard on an issue not often spoken about" - Maddi…
This Month In Science: March
A sneak-peek of the headline events on the science calendar this month. Savannah Victor reports.
Review: A Plastic Ocean
A film embodying our environment’s most recent plea for help. Maddi Howard reviews.
Get your priorities in order: ‘Protecting WA’s environment is protecting our future’
The forum was intended as a way to gauge where political parties stand on the environment. However, it was hard to do so when only two MPs rocked up. Jemima…
Oscars 2017: Art vs Tradition
It’s an establishment, an institution with a stubborn voting membership, a penchant for self-aggrandising, and a sucker for tradition. Ryan Suckling review the 2017 Oscar nominations.
Review: Split
The film plays with the idea that disorders, such as the one Kevin has, unlock the brains true potential; that when the mind splits itself it can actually change the…
Words with Mei Fong ( 方凤美 )
I think all writers have a weakness for the picturesque. That's good in capturing your reader and putting them in vivid landscapes. But it must be tempered, certainly in the…
Words with Garth Nix
A novel is usually published as YA not necessarily because of its themes or subject matter, or even the age of its protagonists, but because editorial, sales and marketing people…
Words with Marwa al-Sabouni
Whatever I feel it is definitely not excitement; it is a huge responsibility for every citizen and inhabitant of this place to even witness what it might be turned into.…