Tag: culture

It may be happening 16,000 km away, but that doesn’t mean Australians in foggy London can’t embrace the glitz, glamour and sunshine of the “race that stops a nation” — Melbourne Cup.

After getting stabbed on a London bus Australian Timba Smits took time out to recover and re-group, before setting up a community-based organisation to tackle youth disengagement and inspire upcoming artists, culminating in the Kaleidoscope International Creative Festival this November.

REVIEW | Benedict Andrews directs his version of the classic Russian play, Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, at the Young Vic.

Glyndebourne, a name that evokes palpitations of awe and excitement in the breast of any opera singer, has chosen to showcase young Australian talent in its upcoming touring season across the UK.

The National Gallery at Trafalgar Square is renowned as home to some of civilisations most iconic works of art, from van Gogh’s Sunflowers to da Vinci’s Virgin on the Rocks.

The arrival of the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) on stage at London’s Cadogan Hall earlier this month may not have been directed by Danny Boyle or introduced by Stephen Hawking.

Renowned Australian author Bryce Courtenay has revealed his stomach cancer is terminal but says he's ready to die.

After a successful tour in Europe, Geelong-based theatre company Back to Back are back in Australia but still looking to reclaim the swastika with their elephant-headed deity and a theatre group of stars.

The Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery has opened its latest exhibition of Indigenous art featuring the artists of Ampilatwatja.

MUSIC FROM THE MOTHERLAND | The Australian bill for Edinburgh Fringe is taking shape while back home The Beach Boys are set to ride a wave of nostalgia and an unknown Tassie singer takes us to the world.

Queensland-based illustrator and artist Caroline Magerl has returned home to Australia after exhibiting at the fourth annual Parallax Art Fair in Chelsea.

Kelly Lovelady, Artistic Director of London-based chamber orchestra Ruthless Jabiru, directs an experimental beat poem performance this Sunday at the Brighton Fringe Festival.

Australians David Freeman, Grant Doyle and Joshua Bloom have their names in lights for the upcoming summer Garsington Opera at Wormsley.

That’s Grouse: The British Show is a new exhibition in London by Australian artist Linton Meagher. He seems modestly proud as he walks around Gallery 8 in St James's, chatting and taking congratulations from visitors to the opening of his first London solo exhibition of his semi-sculptural, mixed media works.

KRIS GRIFFITHS meets the Hollywood star at a Jacob's Creek wine launch in London, where she discusses her "terrifying" upcoming role as Diana Spencer in a new biopic of her final years

Musical comedian and self-confessed atheist, Tim Minchin, has accepted a role as Judas Iscariot in a London reboot of Andrew Lloyd Webber's classic musical.

Aussie author Tim Griggs has lived and worked on more continents than most people will visit in their lifetimes. The corporate writer-come-journalist-now-novelist met with EMILY BANYARD in London to chat about Churchill, travel, living in the UK and his new novel, Distant Thunder.

The crème de la crème of Australian designers showcased their wares at the recent L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival, as models, celebrities and fashion-conscious consumers headed along to catch a glimpse of the latest trends and styles.

The self confessed purveyor of ‘nerdy comedy’, Aussie comic Matt Parker tells Nathan Motton how the subject of death can be funny and why British children are struggling to cope with maths.

Children’s cookbook author Sabrina Parrini sat down recently with Nathan Motton to talk about her new book and why keeping children away from fast food starts at home.

When Dame Edna graces the London stage in the pantomime production of Dick Whittington, it’s not just the Aussies in the audience who swoon. TIM MARTIN found out that the Brits are actually quite fond of the ‘housewife from Melbourne’ too and she’s right at home in panto.

An Australian's time spent in the UK can be filled with any number of traditionally English experiences. But one is both easily experienced and a truly English cultural experience, going to see a pantomime.

Greg and Lucy Malouf tell Nathan Motton about their new book; why Australia is leading the way with Middle Eastern food and why the cuisine is much more than just kebabs.

With the Sydney Dance Company gracing the boards of London this week, WILL FITZGIBBON took time to have a chat to the man behind the stunningly beautiful shows, artistic director Rafael Bonachela.

Wilbur Smith is one of the world’s most successful authors - a global No 1 bestseller who has sold 120 million books worldwide. On the phone from his home in London, HEATHER WALKER found out about his latest novel, Those in Peril, and his accomplished writing career.

Australian expertise will be called on to help host the 2012 Edinburgh Festival as local know-how is drained by the coinciding Olympic Games, a London newspaper reports.

Two years ago Aussie comedian Sam Simmons had a bad day. A really bad day. It prompted him to write and the result is the award-winning and critically acclaimed one-man comedy phenomenon, Fail, he’s bringing to London for the first time.

Going to Bogan Bingo is like injecting a massive dose of occa into a very London way of life. Plus it seemed to exemplify my own inner bogan deep down and made me realise how I actually love the bogan-ness that is Australia.