The Conversation

By Cherine Fahd In April 1995, my uncle secured a lucrative job in Saudi Arabia. He and my aunt left their home in suburban Sydney and relocated to a western compound (...

By Marguerite Johnson The 2022 word of the year from the folks at the Oxford English Dictionary is “goblin mode”. Voted by the public and coming in at 93 per cent, “goblin ...

PETER MCNEIL looks at the celebrated – and often controversial – designs of Alexander McQueen Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse was first conceived at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. That ...

By Jarrod Hayes In 2023, Henry Kissinger will mark a century since his birth and more than 50 years of influence on American foreign policy. Kissinger’s centennial represents an important opportunity ...

Ping, please rate the driver. Yes, constant notifications really do tax your brain By Sharon Horwood A ping from the pizza company. A couple of pings from your socials. Ping, ...

Jeanne Dielman is a masterpiece of slow cinema that richly details life’s quiet intricacies says ALISON SMITH Every ten years the British Film Institute’s (BFI) in-house magazine, Sight ...

But this TikTok trend got one thing right says EMMA BECKETT If you follow health trends online, you might have heard about “chlorophyll water”. Claims range from clearing your skin, ...

Kim Kardashian is refining her personal brand. Right-wing news outlet Fox TV is gaining viewers through attention-grabbing headlines. Photographer Gabriele Galimberti is gaining notoriety. All this is due to a ...

SIJUN SHEN and VIVIENNE LEWIS on why online food consumption videos could fuel food fixations You might have come across #EatWithMe videos on TikTok, which typically feature young women eating ...

By Naja Later There’s always been something queer about vampires. Vampire stories are traditionally rife with dark desires and invisible secrets from their early canonisation in popular culture. But ...

A new exhibition explores how Carla Zampatti saw her designs as a tracker of feminism says PETER MCNEIL Carla Zampatti is often referred to as ‘Carla’ by friends and those ...

By Omar Khaled Abdelrahman, Christmas is a period for celebrating our relationships with family and friends – a time filled with nostalgia and sentimentality. Of course for many people it’s ...

By Vanessa Marr Mothers in fairy tales have a way of being absent, typically through untimely deaths (think Cinderella, Snow White or Beauty and the Beast) or thanks to storylines ...

By Ruth Ogden Think back to your childhood. December was the longest of months. It might have been filled with rehearsing school nativity performances, writing up your wishlist and savouring ...

Raw vegan diet may be risk to your health – here’s why By Laura Brown Vegan diets have become increasingly popular over the years, especially among people looking to improve ...

By Karen Lury The 2022 John Lewis Christmas advert is much like a Christmas present from a relative who doesn’t know you well. Well-meaning, beautifully wrapped, but you kind of ...

By Kylie Message Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans at the National Gallery of Australia are just the latest artistic target of climate protesters, who have been throwing soup, ...

What position should I sleep in ask CHRISTIAN MORO and CHARLOTTE PHELPS After 50 years of research, eminent Stanford University sleep researcher William Dement reportedly said the only solid explanation he ...

By Fanette Pradon As well as being Scotland’s largest city, Glasgow was its industrial heart. Central to the civic story, is the River Clyde, famed as a global shipbuilding ...

By Kerry Smith and Emma Garnett Responsible for roughly a third of the UK’s diet-related carbon emissions, the consumption and production of meat is a substantial contributor to climate ...

By Ella Tennant A woman in Suzhou, China, was reportedly detained recently for “provoking trouble”. Her alleged crime was being spotted outside wearing a kimono. The woman was dressed like ...

By Barry Markovsky Would you think it weird if I refused to travel on Sundays that fall on the 22nd day of the month? How about if I lobbied the ...

BRADLEY ELLIOTT on how to maintain it after middle age While it’s almost unnoticeable to begin with, nearly every cell, organ and biological process gets a little bit worse ...

By Rebeca Pardo Cutting your hair or letting it grow, dyeing it or showing off they grey, sporting a mane or covering it. These are everyday acts with which millions ...