Barry Divola
Barry Divola is a journalist and author who specialises in music, popular culture, the arts, podcasts and travel.
Not a purity ring in sight: The new movement driving Gen Z to swear off sex
Plus: get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.
- by Lauren Ironmonger, Melanie Kembrey, Melissa Singer, Frances Mocnik and Barry Divola
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Could a single guitar change history? The Stratocaster did just that
From Smoke on the Water to Like a Virgin, the 70-year-old guitar shaped some of world’s biggest hits.
- by Barry Divola
Subtle and sublime, this album feels like it could have come from half a century ago
The 25-year-old’s new album is a grower that rewards careful listening.
- by Barry Divola and Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Men’s jewellery: Dare we brooch the topic?
Plus: get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.
- by Deborah Cooke, Greg Callaghan, Melissa Singer, Katrina Strickland, Dani Valent and Barry Divola
He might not look familiar, but his voice haunts TV’s biggest shows
Greg Gonzalez is the man behind the songs that took Cigarettes After Sex from cult status to global arenas.
- by Barry Divola
The Bikeriders: The film that cast Austin Butler before he became a heartthrob
Plus: get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.
- by Louise Rugendyke, Frances Mocnik, Barry Divola and Damien Woolnough
The gold rush is over. Now podcasters are picking up the pieces
Doom and gloom have been hanging over the podcast world for the last 18 months. Is it the end, or a new beginning?
- by Barry Divola
The secret to finding la dolce vita? Staying in the same place for a month
The sweetest staycation: setting up a home base for four weeks in the heart of Rome’s Trastevere neighbourhood.
- by Barry Divola
The Test: a case study on the pros and cons of authorised sporting docos
Plus: get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.
- by Louise Rugendyke, Melanie Kembrey, Barry Divola, Jonathan Seidler and Frances Mocnik
A pub with no peer: Remembering the glory days of the ‘Hoey’
As Vivid celebrates Sydney’s long-ago shuttered Hopetoun Hotel, memories of the gigs, the punters and the toilets come flooding back.
- by Barry Divola
Season three of Bridgerton wants to sweep you off your feet
Plus: get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.
- by Louise Rugendyke, Katrina Strickland, Barry Divola, Nicolee Abadee, Frances Mocnik and Damien Woolnough
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