Life, Law & Culture

View from the Round House with Martin Drum – Is Michelle Grattan right: Does our political system need renovating?
Welcome back to our politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Michelle Grattan, professorial fellow at the…
Let’s talk about Sharon and the book club she loved
Some book clubs are structured, strict and serious. But one local book club doesn’t fit this mould. Once named the…
Max Wung plays Dvorak – Don’t miss it!
Brahms reportedly said of Dvorak’s cello concerto: ‘If I had known that it was possible to compose such a concerto…
View From The Round House With Martin Drum – The Special Edition On The Voice Vote
Welcome back to our politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. In this podcast, the Shipping News’…
Throwing a bomb at the rom-com in biting satire
A modern romantic comedy about sex, the internet and social democracy goes online at Harbour Theatre opening 15 September. Written…
Governing Freo-style – The Candidates
So folks, here’s who’s running in each of our new four wards at the 21 October 2023 Freo Council elections.…
What’s in a name? Glendalough
In Australia, so many of our place names and street names have European origins. Recently, I visited Glendalough, in County…
You’re the Voice – YES, You are the voice!
The serendipity of the pairing between John Farnham’s 1986 hit single You’re the Voice and the Voice to Parliament referendum…
Australia tops the world for podcast listening. Why do we love them so?
“We’re here because this moment demands an explanation.” So begins the first ever episode of New York Times’ The Daily…