New Lake Northam bridge continues long legacy of pond pathway

Photographs of Lake Northam in the late 1800s reveal a sprawling body of water worthy of the now-overstated title ‘Lake’.

CampusSamuel GarrettJune 7, 2023History, USyd, Victoria Park, lake, pathways

La Marais: Breakfast at the Yiddish boulangerie, thrifting, a gay nightclub, and a shower strip-tease

The Marais has much more to it and reveals itself as accommodating to a reformulated idea of Paris’ inhabitants.

PlaceGrace StreetApril 19, 2023photography, Paris, travel, travel writing, cities, History, Jewish community, LGBTQIA+

From archive to artistry: the musical lives of old photos

You don’t have to dive very far into a contemporary indie playlist to be bombarded by ambiguous, often poor quality album covers, drawn from artists’ own family archives.

MusicJem RiceApril 19, 2023photography, History, albums, album covers, Indie music, EP, old photographs

The many lives of the Cellar Theatre

From tea room to bomb shelter to jazz bar.

CampusMarlow HurstFebruary 23, 2023Sydney, USyd, University, campus, SUDS, cellar theatre, History

Blessed LEGO Tutankhamun arrives at Chau Chak Wing Museum

Free of curses but full of bricks, USyd’s newest LEGO model is a sight to see.

CampusSamuel GarrettNovember 4, 2022LEGO, Chau Chak Wing Museum, Ryan McNaught, Tutankhamun, Egypt, History