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

The Devils in the details: the outrageous story behind Space Jam: A New Legacy’s most bizarre cameo

51 years after its release, The Devils remains Warner Bros.’ dirty little secret, so how did one of its characters end up in a Looney Toons movie?

FilmJim BradshawFebruary 23, 2023Space Jam, Space Jam A New Legacy, The Devils, cult cinema, religion, nuns, horror

Sydney Library Launches ‘Dark Web 4 Seniors’ to Bridge Digital Skills Gap

“It should be just as easy for seniors to renew their license, share extremist content, or procure a hired gun as it is for anyone else.”

ComedyMargaret PearsonFebruary 23, 2023library, dark web, seniors

MSG for me and you

This mouth-watering seasoning is the missing answer to many food crises.

Culture, RecessNandini DhirFebruary 23, 2023MSG, Uncle Roger, Asian snacks, Vegan

Review: SUDS' Heat Lightning - Raising The Red Bandana

Crackling with the electricity of theatre, Heat Lightning captures characters grappling with economic hardship and emotional unrest.

CampusZara UpfoldFebruary 19, 2023SUDS, student theatre, review

Review: SUDS' StuJo! The Musical - There’s no Jo like StuJo

Fun, fantastical, and hot off the press, StuJo! The Musical serves up a loving tribute to all things campus journalism.

CampusTalia MeliFebruary 10, 2023SUDS, student theatre, student journalism, student politics, honi soit

Review: SUDS' Off-Offstage — A Band 6 for Off-Offstage

Off-Offstage is structured as a variety show, featuring monologues, group performances, and songs performed by its motley cast of SUDS members who have (presumably) suffered through the epic highs and lows of HSC Drama themselves.

CampusLucy BaileyJanuary 29, 2023SUDS, drama, HSC, ONSTAGE, Off-Offstage, student theatre, performance

From Underdogs to Favourites: A snapshot of African success

African football teams have, on multiple occasions, performed brilliantly, despite not necessarily having advanced as far as their European and South American counterparts on the world stage.

CultureSLDecember 21, 2022FIFA, World Cup, Qatar, Morocco, Africa, football, Cameroon, Algeria

MICROBABE

“Look,” Dad says, “she’s smiling at you!”

CultureSonal KambleDecember 4, 2022halloween, teeth, digital horror, creepy girls, creepy

Who's shouting the next Meriton?

A hotel room seemingly for business people, travelling interstate during the week, can be seamlessly transformed into a scene fostering drug and alcohol consumption over raucous weekends.

CultureNandini DhirNovember 16, 2022parties, Western Sydney, Meriton, high school