Alastair Blanshard
Alastair Blanshard is a professor of classics and a lover of the ancient world.
View ArticleRegina Lane
Scott Stephens talks to Regina Lane, on how she and a tiny community in Victoria saved their local Catholic church, St Brigid's.
View ArticleThere's no write or wrong way to craft songs: young people are invited to...
Fairbridge Festival is giving young songwriters the opportunity to hone their skills ahead of the festival's Youth Songwriting competition. The Quest workshops will be held in January and February in...
View ArticleTens of thousands flock to Perth fair to usher in the Chinese Year of the Goat
Over 60,000 people pack Northbridge for Perth's annual Chinese New Year street fair.
View ArticleYoung musician Siobhan Cotchin has had her best year ever thanks to the...
In 2014, the Nannup Music Festival audience voted Siobhan Cotchin of Perth as the winner of the Emerging Artist award. Siobhan was thrilled but she wasn't to realise how many doors the award would open.
View ArticleGina Williams finds her voice singing in Noongar
Former journalist and television presenter Gina Williams has found her niche singing in her mother tongue.
View ArticleWhat Perth can learn from Melbourne: Lord Mayor Robert Doyle reveals secrets...
Melbourne Lord Mayor shares his city's secrets to becoming the world's most liveable city.
View ArticleKings Park puts on spectacular floral show to mark 50 years of the botanic...
The botanic gardens inside Perth's Kings Park are celebrating their 50th anniversary with display of local wildflowers in full bloom for the park's annual festival.
View ArticleNational Day of Unity: Hundreds show 'tangible' welcome to refugees as part...
National Day of Unity is given a warm welcome in Perth with hundreds turning out to participate in both National Mosque Open Day tours and a Walk Together march in Victoria Park.
View ArticlePerth Writers Festival: Human libraries themed on food and age to be...
The Perth Writers Festival will offer opportunities for the public to interact with a "human book" this year.
View ArticleChinese New Year: Perth's Chung Wah Association celebrates history as WA's...
They arrived as indentured labourers and were subject to harsh laws, but despite decades of racism and exclusion, Perth's Chinese community has survived and thrived.
View ArticlePerth International Arts Festival attracts thousands to 'outdoor spectacular'
Tens of thousands of people converge on Langley Park for what organisers describe as a "massive, theatrical, outdoor spectacular" to open this year's Perth International Arts Festival.
View ArticleAlbany Harbour adds finishing touch to works of submerged art
Artist Valdene Diprose uses time and tide to create canvases of Albany's Princess Royal Harbour as part of the Perth International Arts Festival.
View ArticleSculpture By The Sea opens on Cottesloe Beach with playful display of colour
Larger-than-life, playful and very colourful pieces dominate the 12th year of the Sculpture By The Sea event in Perth.
View ArticlePints, professors and poo: Science in the pub
Claire Nichols goes inside Pint of Science, a pub-based academic festival.
View ArticleOrlando shooting: Hundreds attend vigil in Perth to mourn victims
More than 500 people gather at the Perth Cultural Centre to mourn those killed and injured in the Orlando shooting massacre.
View ArticleConfluence Festival of India in Australia to build cultural understanding,...
Australia's first Confluence Festival of India is offering a new take on India to foster collaboration and build cultural understanding.
View ArticleHare Krishnas mark 50 years with 4,000-strong festival at Perth temple
They are known for their vegetarian restaurants and appearances in the city, dancing and singing in their robes, but there is far more to Perth's Hare Krishnas.
View ArticleFrom little things: Kings Park puts seeds under microscope for annual spring...
The extraordinary structure of Western Australia's native plant seeds will be on display as part of this year's Kings Park Festival.
View ArticleConfluence: Perth public invited to see themselves in Gandhi's image through...
Visitors to Elizabeth Quay this month are invited to see themselves literally reflected in Mahatma Gandhi's image.
View ArticleFremantle axes Australia Day celebrations for 'culturally-inclusive alternative'
The City of Fremantle axes its Australia Day festivities in favour of a "culturally-inclusive alternative" celebration two days later.
View ArticleFremantle council axes Australia Day
The City of Fremantle has axed its Australia Day festivities in favour of a "culturally-inclusive alternative" celebration two days later.
View ArticleHeywire winners paint picture of pain, pride and progress in rural and...
Nineteen years of stories shared by rural youth, through the ABC's Heywire competition, paint a picture of pain and progress that continues to evolve.
View ArticleThe high price of a beer at Australian sports stadiums revealed
A survey of Australian stadiums finds the price of a beer can vary wildly between venues, with regions offering better value for money.
View ArticleHow to bin Christmas responsibly: A guide to what you can and can't recycle
How much of the plastic, glass and paper that you use over the festive season can be recycled?
View ArticleWA university students pay tribute to WWII heroines in Fringe Festival jazz...
A jazz cabaret which pays tribute to female spies who risked their lives during World War II, and is performed by West Australian university students, will feature at Perth's Fringe Festival next month.
View ArticleThere is something about Eliza
Eliza, the bronze statue, has an outfit for every occasion.
View ArticlePerth International Arts Festival set for stormy launch as wet weather...
The show must go on for the Perth International Arts Festival's outdoor events despite predictions it will be one of the wettest February weekends on record but the downpour is already affecting music...
View ArticleLana Turner spreads the joy of swing dancing, from its roots in Harlem all...
New York City swing dance aficionado Lana Turner brings her passion for getting people onto the dance floor Down Under.
View ArticlePerth Swans netball team shoots for gold at Australian Sikh Games
The Perth Swans netball team has been training hard and are determined to win gold at this weekend's Sikh Games in Adelaide.
View ArticlePerth Royal Show will always be an event not to be missed for...
Daniel Williams has never missed the Perth Royal Show and can't imagine a life not running attractions in sideshow alley.
View ArticleCar-free experiment lets neighbours play, draw and talk in the middle of the...
If the streets weren't used for driving and parking, could they become a place to play and hang out with the neighbours?
View ArticleSevere and 'unusual' summer weather forces cancellation of music and...
Major Perth events, including Carols by Candlelight and A Day on the Green, are cancelled as a severe and unseasonable storm approaches the city.
View ArticleWishing for a low-waste Christmas and a sustainable new year
Whether it's food, alcohol or gifts, the holiday season is typically a time of excess. But there's a growing appetite from shoppers for gifts and packaging that won't leave as much of a mark on the...
View ArticleAustralia Day: Severe heatwave conditions forecast for SA, Vic and Tasmania...
Large parts of south-east Australia face severe heatwave conditions over the long weekend, with extreme conditions expected for northern Tasmania.
View ArticlePerth's Fringe Festival grows to third biggest in the world in just seven years
Perth's Fringe Festival has grown so rapidly it is now the third biggest in the world, and this year more than 750 performances are scheduled.
View ArticlePerth Festival: Australia's longest-running cultural festival is...
Under artistic director Wendy Martin, Perth Festival has become a site of storytelling and exchange where locals are centre stage
View ArticleHaircuts and fresh bank notes all part of Lunar New Year celebrations in...
Vincent Lim recalls a time when Lunar New Year celebrations barely existed locally. But this year he's busily preparing for the Year of the Dog.
View ArticlePerth Festival: Siren Song turns skyscrapers into surround-sound system
How a group of artists transformed skyscrapers and a helicopter into an eight-channel sound installation during Perth Festival.
View ArticleLearning to get to know your neighbours and build a sense of community in...
Do you know your neighbours? Do you feel a sense of community where you live? Why not start by planning a street party this weekend.
View ArticleFremantle's century-old fishing culture inspires local history buff to...
Forty years ago Sandy McKendrick joined a prawning boat, worked as a deckhand, met her husband, and delivered the skipper's wife's baby during a cyclone.
View ArticleBlack Rock Band take an unlikely path to kick-start their music career
From unemployed teenagers to rock stars, an up-and-coming band from Arnhem Land has taken an unlikely path to kickstart their music career.
View ArticleHow to cope if your Christmas holidays are not so merry
Christmas is a time of joy, reflection and celebration for many of us, but it can also conjure up feelings of stress, anxiety and sadness. But not liking Christmas doesn't make you the Grinch.
View ArticlePerth Festival opening of Boorna Waanginy: The Trees Speak puts student...
Almost 2,500 "seedpod" paper lanterns made by students will take centre stage when the Perth Festival explodes into life with the internationally renowned event Boorna Waanginy: The Trees Speak.
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