‘There was a definite,unspoken prejudice about gay men in the folk world,’ says Rufus Wainwright,who tours Australia in 2025.

Affairs,drugs and Elton John:Rufus Wainwright’s turbulent youth

He lost his virginity at 13,then fell into addiction. But the acclaimed musician has made peace with his past – and found love along the way.

  • Michael Lallo

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Elton John during his 1976 interview with Rolling Stone Magazine in which he revealed his bisexuality.

This is the moment when everything changed for Elton John

In 1976,the English musician was finally ready to talk about his sexuality. The fallout was brutal,but a new documentary charts the healing that followed.

  • Michael Lallo
ABC News Breakfast host Michael Rowland has announced he is leaving the program.

Michael Rowland to leave ABC News Breakfast,‘the best job I’ve had’

A familiar face is tipped to replace the popular host,whose departure after 15 years signals yet more change at the national broadcaster.

  • Kerrie O'Brien andMichael Lallo
The Wiggles’ Anthony Field – the only original member still with the internationally successful children’s group – has released a memoir,Out of the Blue:Everything this Wiggle Journey Has Taught Me.

As a Wiggle,he brought joy to millions,but privately,he was in pain

A new memoir details the mental and physical torment Anthony Field endured over decades – and how he helped launch the Wiggles into the stratosphere.

  • Michael Lallo
Anya (front left) and Craig (front centre) were among 12 ordinary Australians who signed up to be jurors in Death on the Staircase.

Real-life ‘death on staircase’ TV experiment leaves jurors in tears

This landmark true crime series takes viewers inside the deliberation room,revealing what happens when 12 strangers determine the fate of an accused killer.

  • Michael Lallo
Broad Radio is a new station created by women,for women. Tracee Hutchison (left) is the music director and Friday drive host;founder Jo Stanley also co-hosts the breakfast show,Morning Broads.

Sick of feeling invisible,Jo Stanley created her own radio station

She’s one of Australia’s most successful hosts – yet traditional broadcasting left her underwhelmed. So she decided to build a new network from scratch.

  • Michael Lallo
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Kim Wilde returns to Australia in mid-October with her Greatest Hits Tour.

How pop star Kim Wilde became an award-winning gardener

As a singer,she broke records in the 1980s – then gave it all away. But Wilde,who tours Australia in October,couldn’t stay away from music for long.

  • Michael Lallo
Alison Moyet has embraced her “otherness”.

How Alison Moyet tamed her demons and embraced her ‘otherness’

Debilitated by agoraphobia and depression in the 1980s,the English musician – who has a new album and a global tour – learned to find purpose in her struggles.

  • Michael Lallo
Journalists and ex-ABC broadcasters Antoinette Lattouf and Josh Szeps will debate identity politics in journalism at a Festival of Dangerous Ideas event on August 24 in Sydney.

Controversial ex-ABC broadcasters set to debate identity politics

Antoinette Lattouf and Josh Szeps abruptly left the ABC within days of each other. Now they’re discussing one of the thorniest subjects in media.

  • Michael Lallo
Coleman Hughes,author of The End of Race Politics,will speak at events in Sydney and Melbourne.

The young,black moderate who argues that ‘anti-racism’ is racist

“There’s a certain type of person that enjoys self-flagellation,” says author Coleman Hughes ahead of his Australian visit.

  • Michael Lallo