Her parents are two of our most famous actors,but Charlotte’s career wasn’t a given

Her parents are two of our most famous actors,but Charlotte’s career wasn’t a given

“I was such a shy child and acting was the last thing I thought I would do,” says the 27-year-old daughter of Judy Davis and Colin Friels.

  • byJane Rocca

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The arts can be a sonofabitch

And some saviours deserve a dressing down.

Existentialist easy listening
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Existentialist easy listening

From the savant that goes bing!

Embracing democracy
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Embracing democracy

And leaving them wanting more (in stereo).

Tupperware termination? Put a lid on it
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Tupperware termination? Put a lid on it

While Shakespeare goes on a dummy run.

The banned play making a rare return to the Australian stage

The banned play making a rare return to the Australian stage

Bell Shakespeare will mark 35 years with a performance of a political epic that inspired The Hunger Games.

  • byLinda Morris
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Pop culture pitfalls
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Pop culture pitfalls

And making a hash of plating up.

Think of the drinkers:the advice that helped turn Hamlet into an opera
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Think of the drinkers:the advice that helped turn Hamlet into an opera

Composer Brett Dean needed some sage advice to adapt Shakespeare’s longest play.

  • byJoyce Morgan
I come to bury the Bachelor,but let’s not give up on true TV love entirely

I come to bury the Bachelor,but let’s not give up on true TV love entirely

Friends,readers,reality television watchers,lend me your ears. I come to bury the Bachelor,not to praise him.

  • byLouise Rugendyke
Secret planning,treacherous training and the clouds of gliders launched against the Nazis
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Secret planning,treacherous training and the clouds of gliders launched against the Nazis

Gippsland-born Frank Bladin became Air Vice-Marshal of the RAAF. Eighty years ago,he played a crucial role in the D-Day airborne landings on Normandy,France.

  • byTony Wright
Where do all the bookish kids go if their school doesn’t have a library?

Where do all the bookish kids go if their school doesn’t have a library?

They need a retreat to the quiet world of imagination sometimes,away from the hurly-burly of the playground.

  • byJane Caro