Slip Slop Slap now among the historic sounds of Australia

Slip Slop Slap now among the historic sounds of Australia

The advertising jingle for sun health awareness has joined the National Film and Sound Archives list of nationally significant sound recordings.

  • byLinda Morris

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Slip Slop Slap now among the historic sounds of Australia

Slip Slop Slap now among the historic sounds of Australia

The advertising jingle for sun health awareness has joined the National Film and Sound Archives list of nationally significant sound recordings.

  • byLinda Morris
‘Final curtain call for Kings Cross’:Theatre to become new hotel

‘Final curtain call for Kings Cross’:Theatre to become new hotel

A three-year battle by residents to return the Metro-Minerva to a theatre has been lost,with planning approval for a hotel and Paris style cabaret room.

  • byLinda Morris
‘It didn’t dominate his life’:Hearing colours helped Kandinsky change the art world

‘It didn’t dominate his life’:Hearing colours helped Kandinsky change the art world

Vasily Kandinsky saw colours when he heard music. Yellow for a trumpet blast and red for a violin. It led to a revolution.

  • byLinda Morris
Why musicals are booming – and upping security

Why musicals are booming – and upping security

With a hype normally reserved for pop stars,Australian musical theatre is enjoying a surge in popularity,thanks to a new generation of adoring,TikTok-using super fans.

  • byLinda Morris
A tribute to trams,pinball parlours and a coal mine are among Victoria’s quirky museums

A tribute to trams,pinball parlours and a coal mine are among Victoria’s quirky museums

A house that doubles as an art gallery,fields of windmills and parlours of pinball machines are among the curious and quirky museums in Victoria devoted to an eclectic range of subjects.

  • byMelissa Cunningham
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‘Will you marry me?’:Not so fast says the Sydney Opera House
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‘Will you marry me?’:Not so fast says the Sydney Opera House

The cultural icon is fielding dozens of requests each year to light its sails. Some of those rejected are by loved-up members of the public.

  • byLinda Morris
The Ashes are imminent and the cricket episode of Bluey had me weeping

The Ashes are imminent and the cricket episode of Bluey had me weeping

Childhood memories,adult responsibilities,Australian culture abroad and cricket ... somehow Bluey brings it all home in one big-hearted package.

  • byRob Harris
Table manners,love and dreaming:Why do we behave as we do?

Table manners,love and dreaming:Why do we behave as we do?

We are social creatures but with our own unique quirks. Explainers aim to unpack the rules we live by (and break).

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‘Contentious’ portrait among Archibald rejects celebrated in own show

‘Contentious’ portrait among Archibald rejects celebrated in own show

A semi-nude portrait of Sydney performance artist Betty Grumble didn’t make the cut for this year’s Archibald Prize,but has been hung at the SH Ervin Gallery’s Salon des Refusés.

  • byLinda Morris
Hidden report puts $500 million Powerhouse project under cloud

Hidden report puts $500 million Powerhouse project under cloud

A long-hidden report has recommended state heritage listing of parts of the museum now slated for demolition later this year.

  • byLinda Morris