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In late February, the long-awaited Independent Analysis into Navy's Surface Combatant Fleet (the Surface Fleet Review) was released. Although the full report is classified, we can glean considerable material from…
If you haven’t heard of The Talented Mr Ripley before, it’s essentially Saltburn’s predecessor. Written by Patricia Highsmith in 1955, the psychological thriller is a classic ‘eat-the-rich’ narrative, focusing on…
Every so often, I find myself in conversations with acquaintances, friends, and family over the unavoidable topic of Taylor Swift. Unavoidable because, in 2023 and 2024, it seemed as if…
He’s absolutely clueless. I can’t help but grin. The sight of him, truly him, in a singlet and shorts down to his knees instead of a mother-pressed grey uniform and…
We’ve all heard of the creation of a ‘persona’ in the world of visual art – think back to the moustache of Salvador Dali, the unibrow of Frida Kahlo, and…
You know him as the King of Rock and Roll. A musical superstar. You’d likely know of his drug addiction struggles and highly documented death. The chaotic and glitzy high-budget…
To say Wilson Tucker was “elected to the WA Legislative Council” in 2021 attributes a certain intentionality to the good folk of the Mining and Pastoral Region that is perhaps…
Seventy-five years ago today, the staff and students of UWA were treated to a lecture by the esteemed Monsieur Jean Leps. Leps was an up-and-coming Alsatian-American avant-garde modernist sculptor who…
Winding south through the glens and past the burns, I’d always had rose-tinted glasses for Scotland. This single taxi trip in November fog both encapsulated and resolved the inexplicable sense…
A century ago, Argentina was one of the richest countries in the world. In fact, it was widely seen to be a future economic superpower on par with the United…