Muse and musician – the many lives and loves of Marianne Faithfull
If the true method of knowledge is experiment, then Marianne Faithfull was scholarly informed.
If the true method of knowledge is experiment, then Marianne Faithfull was scholarly informed.
Fifty years ago today it seemed the local music scene was doomed, and those who appreciated good rock music believed the Sunbury rock festivals were the salvation – but the Countdown was on.
Bob Kuban formed a band with university students and they scored an unlikely hit – and it spoke of scenes yet to be played out.
From a swearing-in ceremony aboard Air Force One to big all-American fanfare and one of the greatest live performances you will ever see – Donald Trump’s Village People have a lot to live up to.
Kfir Bibas was just 262 days old when the gorillas of Gaza called. If he has been kept alive by these black-hearted Arabs, then God help him. If he has been murdered by Gazans, then God help them.
Fifty years ago, kitchen hand Arne Vidar Roed returned home from Africa, unknowingly bringing a souvenir with him.
Jimmy Carter’s presidency will be remembered for its bold plans to extract America’s kidnapped hostages from its embassy in Tehran, which ended in smoking ruins and sunk the president.
We honour Indigenous leader Lowitja O’Donoghue and playwright Ray Lawler, giants of Australia’s 20th century cultural landscape.
She sued her son over the lyrics in Cleanin’ Out My Closet, but you get the feeling it was a cry for his attention.
The mob had been primed. The Opera House riot was inevitable. And what happened there was a green light for pro-Palestinian protesters everywhere.
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