History
History’s booming in podcasts – but many of its academics are out of a job
We live in momentous times. History podcasts and books are more popular than ever. So why is academic history in crisis?
- Nick Bryant
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Who killed Sydney heiress Juanita Nielsen? ‘Mr Sin’ points finger from the grave
For the first time in 33 years, Saffron’s evidence before an in-camera parliamentary inquiry can be revealed.
- Peter Rees and Neil Mercer
How a Melbourne newspaper tycoon ended up buried in an Egyptian tomb
The imposing Kew mausoleum, with its tall columns, stone pythons and scarabs, was built for an Egyptophile with a penchant for seances.
- Cara Waters
- Exclusive
- City life
Stage set for global exclusive exhibition at Perth museum
The museum is predicting over 180,000 visitors, at least a third of them from interstate or overseas, will stream through to catch a glimpse of the star exhibits.
- Holly Thompson
- Opinion
- Vale
He heard voices … and music’s soul: The anguished genius of Beach Boy Brian Wilson
His clinical diagnosis was schizoaffective disorder and manic depression, but it is his music that defines him – some of the greatest of his and our times, and all time.
- Neil McCormick
The now-iconic paintings that were once derided as monstrosities
As a lavish display of Impressionist works opens, an anatomy of three of the show’s iconic paintings reveals why art’s original rebels can still surprise us.
- Kerrie O'Brien, Lindy Percival and The Visual Stories Team
How Mick Jagger’s hit song Satisfaction has spanned the ages
A lot has happened in the six decades since the Rolling Stones released (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction. Through it all, we’re still singing – and humming that extraordinary riff.
- Tom Compagnoni
The untold story of the Age journalist who cut off Ned Kelly’s boot
Research for a new exhibition on Ned Kelly has revealed new details from reports by a journalist for The Age who covered the siege at Glenrowan and cut the bloodied boot off Kelly’s foot.
- Cara Waters
Convicts, gold and scandal: The musical digging up our secret past
A treasure trove of true stories from Tasmania’s penal colony days has been mined for a moving musical by Mick Thomas and friends.
- Michael Dwyer
A small US city shows how great an American president can really be
The shadow of Abraham Lincoln looms large over his home and his words offer a beacon of hope in uncertain times.
- Riley Wilson
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