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Yesterday
Billionaire Gretel Packer has plans for this historic Kings Cross site
She paid $26 million for the art deco Metro-Minerva Theatre last year, but had been schtum on plans for the beloved venue. Until now.
This Month
What moment sent markets tumbling in 2008? Take our weekly news quiz
Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge across politics, business and world news.
Peter Greste’s biopic gets journalists like few others
The film captures the drama of the Al Jazeera correspondent’s arrest and imprisonment in Egypt, but is also unsparing about the stubbornness the profession can breed.
What Russia can still teach us
From Tolstoy to Shostakovich, Russian culture helped shape the world. We must not lose it.
The 8 best shows to binge this Easter weekend
From CIA agents to zombies, F1 drivers to unemployed British strivers – here are eight shows to set you up for your days off.
Live Nation boss reveals ‘unspoken secret’ of ticket prices
Veteran promoter Michael Coppel is now the biggest Australian cog in a multinational music machine. He says local fans would be bereft without it.
Why this early Whiteley went from £200 to $1.2m
Two paintings were brought from the young artist in 1961. Last week one sold for almost four times the other.
The 6 best movies about financial turmoil
From the Great Depression to The Wolf of Wall Street, watch these titles when you can no longer watch the ticker.
Feral ‘Minecraft Movie’ fans spark irritation – and optimism
These days it is unusual to see a crowd of teenagers at the cinema.
In Pictures: Investment banks and art collections
Australia’s investment banks are building out their art collections
Which crisis sent markets down 57 per cent? Take our weekly news quiz
Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge across politics, business and world news.
Singing in English a ‘blessing and curse’ for Oz music: Grammy boss
The president of the Recording Academy says singing in English can be a disadvantage outside America – but Australia’s music industry can conquer it.
This epic but intimate Aussie war series deserves to be a hit
Justin Kurzel’s five-episode adaptation of fellow Tasmanian Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize winner, Narrow Road to the Deep North, is storytelling at its best.
What legal jargon taught this solicitor about translating literature
Stephanie Smee left corporate law to become a translator, where she says the ‘discipline of thought’ from her legal training remains influential.
Spotify denies it’s directing users away from Aussie music
The streaming giant has put a new hub for local music on its Australian homepage, as it claims its algorithm is not to blame for the lack of local hits on the charts.
Could this be the author of the funniest book ever written?
The cult following for J.P Donleavy’s self-help manual from 1975 deserves to be much bigger, especially in dark times like these.
Doctors say this show is first to get the emergency ward right
Binge’s unusually accurate medical drama The Pitt, starring Noah Wyle as a beleaguered intensive care physician, has become the talk of real-life hospital breakrooms.
A record-setting photo and a $2.5m number plate
The biggest auction of the year so far delivered $10 million in sales and a record price for an iconic image, while a small plate brings a big price.
Welcome to capitalism (Taylor’s version)
Swift is a self-made billionaire and the most profitable live musician in history. A new book asks what her ascendance can teach us.
‘White Lotus’ audience is big, and keeps getting bigger
The third season, which concluded at the weekend, is the series’ most popular yet, according to internal HBO statistics and Nielsen, the research firm.
Biggest gift completes ‘unfinished business’ at National Gallery
The Canberra institution finally has a work by one of the 20th century’s most influential painters, Edvard Munch of The Scream fame, thanks to philanthropist Geoff Ainsworth.
Senior staff depart Art Gallery of NSW amid tension at the top
The chief operating officer and chief of staff have both left the institution following a change of directors.
Why the art market has an eye for crypto
Everyone wins: buyers avoid taxes, and auction houses make money.
Fyre Festival’s mastermind is out of jail. Now he wants a sequel
In 2017, Fyre Festival descended into Lord of the Flies and ruined countless lives. So why is it coming back?