A liveable city breathes and doesn’t just survive — this is achieved through the fusion of art and its people.

PlaceJo StaasApril 19, 2023dam, Sydney, art, graffiti

A diptych of art and empathy — In conversation with Erin Shiel

"I realised that in order to find time to think and a view of what felt like the whole world, I had to be uncomfortable."

LiteratureAriana HaghighiFebruary 23, 2023Sydney, poetry, poetry collection, interview, women writers, art, girlhood, identity, maturation

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

What of the walls of Frankie's Pizza?

This photo series questions what will happen to the thing that makes up the very essence of the bar: the walls.

PlaceHarry GayNovember 16, 2022Frankie's Pizza, pizza, bars, nightlife, Sydney

The Old Teachers’ College apostrophe catastrophe

A secret war is being waged on campus. In, around, and upon the very buildings we use everyday.

PlaceMarlow HurstNovember 16, 2022Sydney, USyd, University, education, grammar, english, Old Teachers' College, apostrophe, campus

The city as a garden of earthly delights

Although Australia’s natural landscape has been decimated by concrete and industry since colonisation, if you know where to look, the city remains a rich supermarket of edible delights.

RecessMae MilneNovember 16, 2022Sydney, nature, local, Inner West, food, Indigenous Australians, lemon myrtle, dandelions, mulberries, figs, foraging

I visited Esperanto House: Now I know world peace

Headquarters, lodging, and museum all hide modestly on the Redfern Run. Dressed in camouflage, they escape the ocular frisk of students rushing to Abercrombie.

The Tunnel

Make me continue my casual hospitality job after graduating from a four-year Arts degree with advanced studies and honours. But never, ever make me walk through The Tunnel.