Opinion

Reader Jill, from Mt Evelyn, recently recommended American author Willa Cather’s O Pioneers! (1913), The Song of the Lark (1915) and My Antonia (1918). In…

We’re all familiar with the age-old adage, ‘Prevention is better than the cure’. Nowhere does this ring truer than in the realm of low back…

At the moment followers of two of the Abrahamic religions, Muslims and Christians are in the middle of periods known respectively as Ramadan and Lent,…

“I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I’ve never met. I want to go on living even after my…

Love Lies Bleeding Starring Kristen Stewart, Katy O’Brian and Ed Harris Rated MA15+ 4.5/5 Directed by Rose Glass, Love Lies Bleeding is a surreal, genre-bending…

The weather in Australia is sporadic and unpredictable, who’s controlling it?

On March 17, the Memorial Hall in Healesville hosted the tenth annual Healesville Mini Film Festival. Organised by the Yarra Ranges Film Society, the Healesville…

In the 18 th century one of the pastimes of the times was to pay a visit to a mental institution to view the incarcerated…

Established in 1996, Your Library (formerly Eastern Regional Libraries) is a co-operative of three outer eastern metropolitan councils; Knox, Maroondah and Yarra Ranges. According to…

Wicked looks at what happened in the Land of Oz … but from a different angle. Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another young woman,…

In a newspaper article during Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, among many other titles she was described as The Head of the Commonwealth. The…

Spaceman Starring Adam Sandler, Paul Dano and Carey Mulligan Rated M 4/5 Based on the Czech novel Spaceman in Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar, Spaceman is…