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Rosemary NeillSenior Writer, Review

Rosemary Neill is a senior writer with The Weekend Australian’s Review. She has been a feature writer, oped columnist and Inquirer editor for The Australian and has won a Walkley Award for feature writing. She was a dual finalist in the 2018 Walkley Awards and a finalist in the mid-year 2019 Walkleys. Her book, White Out, was shortlisted in the NSW and Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards.

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Queen of the NorthReview

Trine Dyrholm in Margrete – Queen of the North. Picture: Dusan Martincek

Plastic surgery ‘is like cutting your tongue out’

Film director Charlotte Sieling attacks our ‘sick society’ for pressuring women to go under the knife, as she launches her film about a largely forgotten Danish queen

Rosemary Neill

the teacher’s petReview

28/9/22: Holly Throsby, ARIA-nominated musician and novelist, has written a crime novel, Clarke, that is inspired by The Teacher's Pet podcast. John Feder/The Australian.

Digging much deeper: ‘Chris Dawson’s story made so little sense’

The Teacher’s Pet podcast was the inspiration for ARIA-nominated singer and author Holly Throsby’s latest crime novel — even down to a lead character’s name.

Rosemary Neill

‘I’m sick of being Wendy Whiteley’Review

MARCH 1, 1977: Australian artist Brett Whiteley with his wife Wendy at the Robin Gibson Gallery in Sydney, 01/03/77. Pic News Ltd. Whit/famHistorical

‘He was a possessive, jealous misogynist’

Wendy Whiteley opens up about her own infidelity, marital abuse and ‘scary’ violence at the hands of celebrated painter Brett Whiteley.

Rosemary Neill

ReviewReview

17/8/22: Heather Mitchell is appearing in the one-woman play, RBG: Of Many, One, about the life of US Supreme Court judge, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. John Feder/The Australian.

‘When I read about her life … it was just like mine’

A few months ago Heather Mitchell was so frail, she struggled to stand up. Now, the cancer survivor is reprising her award-winning TV role and playing legendary US judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Rosemary Neill

new word orderReview

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‘Picnic’, ‘women’ on list of words deemed too offensive

If you think language policing is largely being practised by US arts students, think again.

Rosemary Neill

tv awardsFilm

Australian actor Murray Bartlett poses with the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie for "The White Lotus" during the 74th Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, on September 12, 2022. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP)

Aussie in full Emmys bloom with Lotus

Aussie actor Murray Bartlett thanked his mum as he took out an Emmy for his role in HBO satire The White Lotus, which won five categories – more than any other show.

Rosemary Neill

Review

The National Museum of Australia is launching its biggest gallery redevelopment since it opened in 2001. Called the Great Southern Land gallery, it contains more than 2,100 objects illustrating Australia's environmental and cultural history. It has been designed by Local Projects, a New York firm who also worked on the 9/11 memorial in Manhattan.Senior Curator Dr Martha Sear at the Bunya forest introduction corridor.Picture: The Australian / Gary Ramage

New natural history gallery takes visitors into the wild

The National Museum of Australia turned to American design superstars as it tackled its biggest project – a $25 million environmental gallery.

Rosemary Neill

Culture and historyNation

Museums must innovate or lose relevance, says director

If cultural institutions such as the National Museum of Australia fail to “rethink the way we do galleries”, they will “lose relevance”, NMA director Mat Trinca warns as he launches an innovative $25 million environment gallery

Rosemary Neill

ExclusiveNation

When it comes to health advice there’s no place for ‘women’

A charity and government-linked websites are using gender-neutral terms such as ‘every body with a cervix’ – often omitting ‘women’ from health information.

Rosemary Neill

ExclusiveNation

**This picture has a scanned reverse - see associated content at the bottom of the details window**Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira and family

Push to keep Namatjira’s art in family hands

The lawyers who helped win back Albert Namatjira’s lost copyright have called for legal reform that would give the painter’s family permanent control over his legacy.

Rosemary Neill

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