The proposed Gehry-designed Dr Chau Chak Wing building at UTS looks like a microwaved chocolate castle. It's disappointing that UTS felt it necessary to commission a "starchitect," writes Alan Davies.
He's either a saviour or a sponge on the Australian film industry. Either way, there's no doubt Baz Luhrmann is a master at dealing with governments and brokering deals, writes Tom Cowie.
Germaine Greer's latest controversy has reignited an old question: can men be feminists? Feminism is, after all, ideological and gender indiscriminate, writes Tara Moss.
According to a recent Fairfax editorial, urban sprawl is making people sick and imposing massive costs on taxpayers. But is it true? Alan Davies investigates.
H.G. Nelson was in the Top End last weekend, lured by the Festival of the Boot. Bob Gosford caught up with him at the Parap markets on a wet Saturday morning.
Chaleo Yoovidhya, who changed your life, died last week, a multibillionaire.
Melburnians cycle for transport twice as much as Sydneysiders and are taking to cycling at three times the rate of their northern neighbours. Alan Davies asks: why?
How do you describe the euphoria in early love or the feeling of running your hands through someone's hair? It sounds cheesy, but Pamela Haag shows just where English fails when it comes to describing relationships.
2011 was a big year for animals: live exports, Sarbi the bomb detection dog, chimpanzees seeing sunshine for the first time. Anna Krien penned the latest Quarterly Essay on the relationship between humans and animals.
Why have US sun-belt cities like Phoenix, Dallas, Houston and Raleigh-Durham grown so much faster than old and established places? What can we learn from them? asks Alan Davies.
