Writing and Publishing
Why are Swedish bands so great?
The Knife, The Sounds, Soundtrack of Our Lives, Jose Gonzalez, Crazy Frog, the list goes on. It's striking how many…
Why I chose suburbia instead of bohemia
To be an artist do you really have to starve? Ralph Grayden tells us about his own experiences juggling art…
Art and the Desert: Welcome to Dubai
Gordon Finlayson takes us on a journey to the rapidly growing arts scene in the United Arab Emirates in the…
Protecting Endangered Species: The National Endowment for the Arts
Modern dance is one of the enduring creations of the American twentieth century. And yet many of the greatest dances…
The cruellest month
Early on, April seemed to defy T S Eliot's characterization of the month that begins with All Fool's Day and…
The Bookshop on the Left Bank
In her second column from Paris, Jemma Birrell lets us peek inside her life working in one of the world's…
University 2.0
The student-centred learning movement has meant that educators – for nearly two decades – have prioritized words like flexibility, experience,…
The Wiki-master
ARTS HUB AUSTRALIA: Jimmy Wales is the co-founder of Wikipedia, responsible for changing the way we look at the web,…
Listing success: what book prizes mean
There is no doubt that all this ranking and rating with book prize announcements inspires debate, and most markedly, the…
The crossroads between Camelot and Canterbury
Like any aspect of our culture, history goes through fads and fashions, and how we present "our story", or even…