Arts & Culture
It’s time to recognise the role masculinity is playing in the climate crisis
COP29 came to a fairly disappointing end. We need to address the role of masculinity in harms against nature
Book extract
Bushrangers in their own words
Most bushrangers are best known from semi-fictional accounts written decades after their deaths, but a new book uncovers a few that told their own stories
The secret to living a longer, healthier life – according to the ancients
The Ancient Greeks and Romans had a lot to say about longevity and good health – some of it remains true today
Walt Disney’s ‘love affair’ with Australia
A new book explores the many – often surprising – connections between Walt Disney and Australia, most of which have faded from modern memory
Recipes bring Australia’s native harvest into the kitchen
The Native Harvest Kitchen cookbook demystifies native ingredients and helps you incorporate Indigenous food into everyday meals.
What the Paiwanese nose flute tells us about ‘intangible culture’
In Taiwan, Intangible Cultural Heritage – like the sound of a double-barrel nose flute – is being preserved not through recordings, but through practitioners
The archaeology of olive oil in the ancient world
Olive oil is liquid gold. It’s been precious to humans for almost eight thousand years – used in everything from birth to death
Ancient teens were full of existential angst too
What you’re going to do with your life is one of the big questions young people grapple with. But rest assured, some of history’s greats went through it too
Analysis
Australia needs to be ‘more than an advisor’ in the Pacific
As the Australian Prime Minister attends the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Tonga, Australia can’t take its involvement in the Pacific for granted