I was surprised at my disappointment when I saw the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of #TheSeagulltheconversation.com/chekhov-call...

Chekhov called The Seagull 'a comedy'. The Sydney Theatre Company seems to forget it was a tragedy, ...

The serious and subtle aspects of The Seagull – many of which continue to resonate today – are lost in this new production.

The Chaser has some excellent advice for thin-skinned predatory men who feel their reputation may have been damaged by the media preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi...

A message from Charles, your King via @birmo.bsky.socialopen.substack.com/pub/aliensid...

A letter royal, from your Sovereign.

To My Loyal Subjects, One hopes this letter finds you in good health and high spirits, and if not, well, one supposes we shall get to that next. I am writing to you under rather unique circumstances a...

So the woman CEO who was at #Optus for only a few years resigns, but the man who has presided over the company culture for many years does not. Hardly a surprise

Climate Scientists and ancient Troy’s Cassandra have a great deal in common www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

‘Where did I go wrong?’ The scientist who tried to raise the climate alarm

Fifty years ago, Australian researcher Graeme Pearman travelled the world with six flasks of air to help prove CO2 in the atmosphere was rising

Once upon a time, when Australia had a Liberal government, all political parties welcomed Refugees, instead of punishing them: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Australia’s political opportunists have stoked hysteria and robbed refugees of their humanity | Ia...

Australia’s political leaders need to rebuild the way we think about refugees, around the world and here at home

Bukjeh is an Australian Palestinian art collective. Their work A’AMAR has been chosen for the Sydney Festival. But now all their Palestinian collaborators have been killed and they need help to tell their stories. artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...

Dingoes! Everyone loves dingoes. Just fyi they're not dogs. A cartoon... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Dingo fans rejoice: a dingo is finally going to parliament! Hooray! What? | First Dog on the Moon

It will certainly feel right at home surrounded by predators

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... A beautiful article by Paul Daley on a moment of grace in a Tim Minchin concert

In a distressing world, moments of beauty seem elusive. I found one in a Sydney theatre | Paul Daley

With the lights turned off, an audience at a Tim Minchin concert united for a song, sheltering from the inhumanity and division outside

First Dog on Whales & wails www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

People who build wind turbines at sea do not care if whales live or die. Monsters! | First Dog on th...

Donald Trump said it so it must be true