Culture

  • On the box

    Mister President — Examines the film and television phenomenon that has made "stars" of the men and women who work in the Oval Office. SBS, Friday, October 31, 7.30pm. Dateline — Reports on some of the key battleground US states, and whether

  • Hope, terror and youth rebellion

    Looking back on the political movements of the ’60s and ’70s is now a fairly well trodden path in the form of fiction, history and memoirs alike.

  • The Poor's Hunger

    The autumn Wears the dress Of thorns To hide the colours Of the helplessness Of the thorns The tears Of the sky The raindrops Wears the dress Of the colours Of the rainbows To hide the hurt Of the tears Of the sky The

  • Is Venezuela taking the Cuban road?

    I was a participant in the Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network brigade to Venezuela in December 2006. I was lucky enough to squeeze into the packed presidential palace compound when the official national elections results confirmed an overwhelming victory for socialist President Hugo Chavez.

  • Identity card

    Mahmoud Darwish, the iconic Palestinian poet passed away on 9 August in Houston, Texas, at the age of 67 following unsuccessful heart bypass surgery. "Identity Card", was published in his first collection of poetry, Leaves of Olives published in

  • 'Do you want to play again?'

    War Games
    Directed by John Badham, Written by Lawrence Lasker & Walter Parkes
    With Matthew Broderick & Ally Sheedy
    25th anniversary DVD release