I wrote a story about how the profession you have may influence how successful you are on dating apps for The Weekly Review this week. See how it appeared in print here or check out […]
Category: Issues
My TWR cover story on ‘daggy’ Melbourne
Last week I had my first cover story in The Weekly Review. Exploring the idea of ‘daggy’ Melbourne, it’s a reflection on a few of the institutions and things that make this city different […]
The evolution of street art in Melbourne
In a back alley in Brunswick, a grown man is behaving like a kid. Dean Sunshine should be running his family textiles business. Instead, the lithe, curly-headed 50-year-old is darting about the bluestone lane behind […]
Rebooting Picnic at Hanging rock is a missed opportunity
If, like me, you marvelled while your school bus rolled the wrong way up a hill and you then spent the day exploring the spooky, 6.25-million-year-old lava terrain of Hanging Rock in Victoria’s Macedon Ranges, […]
A matter of life and death: British comedian hopes show will spark more than laughs
British comedian, disability rights campaigner and actor, Liz Carr, is performing at the comedy festival in her new show Assisted Suicide: The Musical. Photo: Josh Robenstone. Liz Carr is an actor, comedian and disability rights activist […]
Pet owners warned to vaccinate against rabbit-killer virus
Indie Ladan and her lop ear rabbit Heffie. Photo: Pat Scala. Indie Ladan’s lop ear rabbit Heffie may not purr or wag his tail when she comes home but he still manages to show plenty of […]
Deaf dancer graces new seven-storey mural in Windsor
Strike a pose: artist Guido van Helten with his mural of deaf dancer, Anna Seymour. Photo: Wayne Taylor. By Peter Barrett “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture,” musician Elvis Costello once said. Half that metaphor […]
Opinion piece: seven sins Melbourne road users will punish you for
I had my first opinion piece published in the Age today. You can read it online at Fairfax or right here. The seven (unofficial) rules of the road A recent, three-month stint in Vietnam has […]
On a mountain high with the king and I
A farmer harvesting choko sprouts in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Photo: Peter Barrett. Peter Barrett takes a culinary tour of northern Thailand. Thick, charcoal smoke is beginning to fill the small, wooden room. Tending an ancient-looking […]
Mapping Australian wetlands, feather by feather
Children collect feathers from the lake at Jells Park. Photo: Joe Armao. Next time you find yourself in a wetland keep your eyes peeled for stray waterbird feathers. A new citizen science program – the Feather […]
