Culture

  • Tuckiar's trial

    DARWIN — The play Tuckiar's Trial was performed in Darwin's now unused Fannie Bay Gaol on May 19 and 20. It was presented by the Criminal Lawyers Association. There are many stories that could be told about Fannie Bay

  • Robert McNamara: Sorry apology of a killer bean counter

    Sorry apology of a killer bean counter The Living and the Dead: Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a Lost WarBy Paul HendricksonVintage, 2000427pp, $19.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon In his 1995 memoirs, Robert McNamara, US secretary of defence

  • Cradle Will Rock

    A rush of liberation wind Cradle Will RockWritten and directed by Tim RobbinsWith Vanessa Redgrave, Philip Baker Hall, Susan Sarandon and Ruben Blades Review by Max Lane Cradle Will Rock, written and directed by Tim Robbins, is not just a breath

  • Allende in his own words

    Allende in his own words Salvador Allende Reader: Chile's Voice of Democracy — Ocean Press, Melbourne287pp., $29.95 Review by Jorge Jorquera Thirty years after his election to the post of president of Chile in September 1970, Ocean Press has

  • White House buys TV's loyalty in 'war on drugs'

    White House buys TV's loyalty in 'war on drugs'The United States government pays television networks and magazine publishers to promote its "tough on drugs" stance through popular TV programs such as ER, Beverly Hills 90210 and

  • The revolution will be live

    SYDNEY — The revolution will be live at the Seymour Centre from May 31 in the form of some of the most powerful songs from the turbulent 1960s to the present. The show aims to celebrate music and its capacity to change, as well

  • The Olympic Boycott Song (in three movements)

    The Olympic Boycott Song (in three movements) 1. To the tune of "God Save the Queen". Boycott the bloody games,Boycott the bloody games,Boycott the games,Send a clear message out, join us and scream and shout,Boycott the games.Let's be

  • Poem: For a teacher in a remote area

    For a teacher in a remote area This poem was written by an urban poor member of the People's Democratic Party and JAKER (see accompanying article). Don't careA speck of rainBody and bones freezing. An old black bicyclePeddled by old feetHardly

  • Stolen

    Stolen Belvoir St Theatre's production of Stolen, written by Jane Harrison about the stolen generations of indigenous Australians, has been described as "Inventive, moving and powerful". Try to get along before the season ends on June 4. 25 Belvoir

  • Short Story: Budget initiative

    Short story by Craig Cormick "Smell that fresh country air", says John Citizen, with the car window wound all the way down, and the wind blowing through the whole car. "This is the best idea you've ever had", says his wife, Gail, from the front

  • Rod Quantock: Serial satirist captured

    Serial satirist captured Double Disillusion: Musings from a Rebel ComicBy Rod QuantockLothian Books, 1999229 pp., $19.95 (pb)Inspector Mastiff of the Yarra turned up the collar of his gabardine coat as the wind whistled with