Desperately seeking Chopin

As a concert pianist, Scott Davie has been searching for the spirit of Chopin since his teens. It’s taken him to Paris and Majorca and channeled tantalising notes through time.

The “European Super League” debacle

The abrupt rise and fall of the proposed European Super League shows the dangers of business being put before sport.

A safe space or an escape from accountability?

A new Journal of Controversial Ideas will allow academics to write under pseudonyms to escape the wrath of cancel culture and political correctness in our universities.

Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear

A new book explores the hundreds of plays known to Shakespeare’s original audiences that are now lost to us, and their value to early modern drama.

Community action can save cultural heritage

Community-led research brings together cultural, economic and environmental considerations for a unique design collaboration on Olkola Country in Queensland.

The path leads to the sun

As Christians celebrate Easter, the familiar sights of the Easter bunny and Easter eggs recall the holiday’s ancient origins before the Christian tradition.

Do copyright laws really protect the work of artists?

Copyright is much more than a creator’s private property right or a mechanism through which corporations control cultural production and influence mass consumption choices, says cultural law expert.

F is for fake – and fortune

Art forgery has been a lucrative trade down the ages, but do its victims only have their own greed to blame?

Mark Nicol’s Counterpoint – The new intellectual pedigree – The school of the fourth age

Dropping any pretence of academic rigour, social science has been turned into a tool of social progressives, and a new philosophy exploring man’s place in nature is required.

Counterpoint by Mark Nicol – What if versus what Is

The Western liberal tradition, and current progressive movements, are proving inadequate in the face of the existential environmental threat to the human species.

Arvanitakis on Education: The power of art – reflections on the Precious Treasures exhibition

At a time of increasing political and economic tension between China and Australia, art retains the power to build personal bridges and foster cultural understanding.

I hear what you say – How the Aussie accent is changing

Online work has forced us all to speak more clearly, but the ongoing evolution of Australian accents heard in politics, entertainment and the media over time exemplifies the wider social and demographic changes which are shaping this country’s multicultural future.