Beers' legacy is more than just another illustration of the contortions journalists will perform to avoid calling something racist.
Morrissey's embrace of the far right makes you go back to the old records wondering what you missed. Does the music still sound the same?
There's a growing resentment in the arts sector, and Australia’s cultural ministers just ensured it will continue growing for at least the next decade.
A shark attack might be a one in 11.5 million occurrence, but fearing such a thing doesn’t make us irrational, it makes us human.
Despite attempts to scrub him from history, the Christchurch shooter is being immortalised online in memes, manifestos and now video games.
Dylan Howard has threatened defamation action, and Amazon are running scared. It's an interesting move from someone who's made a career trashing other people's reputations.
Another local literary prize has refused to award a winner. This can have a crushing effect on a tough winner-takes-all economy.
Awarding the prize to Peter Handke is a stunningly short-sighted call for a body trying to rebound from last year’s scandal.
Margaret Simons' biography reveals a politician who is determined to beat the bullies, the racists and the homophobes by being the smartest and toughest person in the room.
'The guest house was something between a hostel and a reality TV show, the days bleeding into one another in a tedium of sameness.'
