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‘Not a provocation’: Drag show performers thought biblical painting was inspiration

‘Not a provocation’: Drag show performers thought biblical painting was inspiration

The performers hinted that the bawdy tableau was intended to imitate Leonardo da Vinci’s famed painting ‘The Last Supper’

  • by Rob Harris

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Print media in jeopardy
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Print media in jeopardy

And even cowgirls get the guernsey.

An outhouse lacking charm
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An outhouse lacking charm

Where they’ll get you in the end.

The puzzling ways of the early riser
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The puzzling ways of the early riser

And the enduring passion of the Australian Olympian.

A two-year-old greets the sun, and lifts us into a new day

A two-year-old greets the sun, and lifts us into a new day

Our two-year-old grandson wakes and stands in his cot. He separates the slats of the blind with his fingers and looks out into the winter morning.

  • by Julie Perrin
Cross words for the PM
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Cross words for the PM

While we wait on the Speaker of the (smallest room in the) House.

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Take care of your selfie, or you’ll go in Seine
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Take care of your selfie, or you’ll go in Seine

Athletes shouldn’t splash on ceremony.

Thoughts and prayers for the ‘merely rich’
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Thoughts and prayers for the ‘merely rich’

Will they at least be spared carrot sticks in first class?

When the glass ceiling needed a good gavelling
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When the glass ceiling needed a good gavelling

And judges benched their native wit.

Why I’ll take Melbourne over New York as a place to raise a Jewish family

Why I’ll take Melbourne over New York as a place to raise a Jewish family

Sure, they have the numbers and the kosher artisan cheeses. But in Caulfield, Elsternwick and East St Kilda we have something really precious.

  • by Nomi Kaltmann
I think my dead dog, Maggie, is communicating with me through FM radio
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I think my dead dog, Maggie, is communicating with me through FM radio

The death of my dog and the incredible story of a letter to a local newspaper from a dying man going viral and being read by millions have got me thinking about my own mortality.

  • by Kate Halfpenny

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/religion-616