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Dave Faulkner

You don’t want to milk the band until it’s running out of juice: Dave Faulkner

After years of self-doubt, the head Guru digs his own scene.

  • Michael Dwyer

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Cabaret artists Reuben Kaye and Meow Meow define what makes a good 'diva'.
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Cabaret artists Reuben Kaye and Meow Meow on what makes a 'diva'

Cabaret artists Reuben Kaye and Meow Meow define what makes a good 'diva'.

  • Pablo Barnes

‘People are paying’: Why The Simpsons co-creator James L. Brooks believes in happy endings

The Oscar-winning screenwriter and director draws from his own life story for his first new film in 15 years.

  • Michael Idato
Black – at age 22 – who was just 13 when her pop video went viral for all the wrong reasons.

When Rebecca was 13 she was mocked over her viral video. Now the joke’s on the haters

Rebecca Black went viral for all the wrong reasons with her song Friday – then she found her own people and became a queer icon.

  • John Bailey

Mushrooms have had a bad rap lately, but they might just save the planet

British mycologist Merlin Sheldrake (yes, that’s his real name), one of the world’s foremost authorities on fungi, wants us to rethink the place of fungi in our world.

  • John Bailey
Midnight Oil drummer Rob Hirst.

I can’t really thrash the drums any more: Midnight Oil’s Rob Hirst

The Midnight Oil warrior faces the fight of his life as he deals with stage 3 cancer, armed, as ever, with songs.

  • Michael Dwyer
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Izzard’s new show is something of a greatest hits, spanning 35 years of stand-up.

You couldn’t come out as trans 40 years ago and be ... negative: Suzy Izzard

The comedian, actor, political activist and marathon runner believes the future won’t be as bad as it might seem right now.

  • John Bailey

If Musk was broke, he’d just be another asshole with bad ideas: Cory Doctorow

The tech activist’s new book examines how tech monopolies innovated ways to disregard, abuse, and suck us dry – and offers us solution to the “enshittification” of the internet.

  • Kurt Johnson

Church frontman Steve Kilbey’s biggest regret? ‘Being a prick’

Despite conceding he’s been an “arrogant sod”, the frontman for one of Australia’s best-loved bands is peaking again.

  • Michael Dwyer
M.I.A. pictured at Stella McCartney’s womenswear show at Paris Fashion Week in March 2024.

Cancelled, criticised and complicated as ever, M.I.A. returns to the stage

The pop provocateur returns to Australia, tin foil hat and all.

  • Robert Moran

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