Culture

  • Aboriginal voices

    Voices of Aboriginal Australia: Past, Present, Future Compiled by Irene Moores Butterfly Books, 1995. 492 pp., $19.95 (pb) Reviewed by Sujatha Fernandes From the use of Aboriginal runner Cathy Freeman to advertise breakfast

  • A world of wonder, thought and mystery

    Sophie's World: An Adventure in Philosophy By Jostein Gaarder Phoenix House, 1995. Distributed by Allen & Unwin 394 pp., $19.95 (pb) Reviewed by Arun Pradhan Who are you? Where does the world come from? From questions

  • Challenging the free market

    Arguments for a New Left: Answering the Free Market Right By Hilary Wainwright Blackwell, 1994 Reviewed by Neville Spencer Champions of the free market are on a wave of almost unprecedented self-confidence. Hilary Wainwright

  • Brisbane International Film Festival

    Brisbane International Film FestivalThe Fourth Brisbane Film Festival, screening at Hoyt's Regent with a festival of short films at the State Library, runs until August 14. This month is the centenary

  • The secret sacred myths of Tomanwendiji

    The Royal Commission into the conflict over the Hindmarsh Island Bridge is currently under way in South Australia. Although an enormous amount of attention has been devoted to the beliefs of the Ngarrindjeri women, there has been no corresponding

  • Theatre that dares

    Miranda By Stephen Sewell East Coast Theatre Company Directed by Joseph Uchitel With Peter Phelps, Dee Smart and Julian Leather Wharf Theatre, Sydney, until August 19 Reviewed by Allen Myers For my money,

  • Deadly exports

    Trading Hazards: the export of toxic waste to the Third World By Karen Medica Research and Policy Unit, World Vision Australia, 1995 Reviewed by Lisa Macdonald Trading Hazards is the second monograph in an "Issues in Global

  • Dark comedy of the family

    Les Parents Terribles By Jean Cocteau Sydney Theatre Company Drama Theatre, Opera House until September 2 Reviewed by Helen Jarvis It is a strange coincidence that at the very time that the perfidy of the French

  • Reflection

    Reflection@poetry = One dream @poetry = of freedom returned @poetry = The way of our people @poetry = our religion, our culture @poetry = The land we roamed @poetry = for over 40,000

  • Three bands in CISLAC fiesta

    SYDNEY — Committees in Solidarity with Latin America and the Caribbean (CISLAC) traditionally holds an event at this time of the year to celebrate the Nicaraguan Revolution and the attack on the

  • The truth about the bomb

    The truth about the bomb Summer of the bomb SBS, Sunday, August 6, 8.30pm (8 South Australia) Previewed by Jennifer Thompson This documentary will be aired on the 50th anniversary of the US Air Force dropping the

  • Film and racism in South Africa

    In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid ABC TV, Monday, August 7, 11pm Previewed by Norm Dixon "Just to sit in this dark place and see magic take place on the wall. For a moment we forgot there was apartheid. We forgot there