Tag: Opinion
CARTOON: One hour late
Have you adjusted your clock?
Daylight Saving Time has started since Sunday 6 October.
Local talent shines in challenging production
1812 Theatre
The Larmie Project
The Bakery @1812 Theatre was the venue for The Laramie Project.
A story of real life.
In 1998 a gay man, Matthew...
Giving back to community
Celebrating this year's Love Your Bookshop Day, The Star Mail recently interviewed Matt and Claire, owners of The Book Barn, the “one stop shop”...
The Heaven’s Gate of 2024
Megalopolis
Starring Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito and Aubrey Plaza
M
2.5/5
In Megalopolis, a sci-fi epic drama and the passion project of legendary director Francis Ford Coppola, Cesar...
Poet Laureate
In 2025 Australia will join the US, New Zealand, UK, Canada, Jamaica, Nigeria and appoint an official Poet Laureate.
Other countries such as Russia...
CARTOON: Elephant on the road
Victoria Police hosted the road safety forum at Yarra Valley Racing on Monday 16 September.
One of the attendees pointed out the dangerous driving...
Dive into two local theatre performances
1812 Theatre
The Laramie Project
Matthew Shepard, an openly gay college student was tied to a fence post and brutally murdered in a prairie outside Laramie,...
The work of a country doctor 100 years ago
In 1907 Dr Henry Vogler commenced medical practice at Yarra Glen, Queenstown and Kangaroo Ground, having graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1906...
2024 AFL premier Brisbane Lions
The Lions proved who the king of the jungle is on Saturday 28 September.
Brisbane Lions dominated the ball during the whole game, and...
Social media
Behind the perfectly filtered facade,
Our souls are silently screaming,
Chasing likes and validation,
Into a virtual abyss, teeming.
Patricia A Fleming, The Curse of Social Media
Clearly the...
The Substance is full of substance
The Substance
Starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid
R18+
4.5/5
Written and directed by Coralie Fargeat, The Substance is a bonkers, utterly brilliant sci-fi body horror...
A page-turner with a shocking twist
The Ledge, by Melbourne-based author Christian White, is lauded as the “crime book of the year” and the “most exciting Christmas title of 2024”.
Commended...
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Looking back at Warm Winter Read
Now that summer is almost here, some of us may be reminiscing about the cool winter days, the warm doona and hot cuppa, and...
