The Mafia didn’t kill Letizia Battaglia – but it must have been tempting

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They are by turns gruesome, haunting, tragic and, often, astonishingly poetic. As a collective, the photographs offer an unflinching pictorial...

It’s never about the shoes: It’s about where they take you

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You don’t have infinite money.  Spend it on stuff that research says builds your happiness, writes Joe Cassano.    ...

Dior at new NGV exhibition in Melbourne – pas mal for 70!

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Svetlana Lloyd, at Melbourne's NGV, looks upset as she recounts how she donated her Dior dresses to the Brooklyn Museum, only...

The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: A duty to warn?

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According to veteran broadcaster Bill Moyers, there will not be a book published this fall more urgent, important, or controversial than...

Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters at Canberra’s NMA

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As tense as a Hollywood epic, and as multi-layered as Greek mythology, the Songlines of the Seven Sisters dreamtime story...

Captivated, captured: Fitzjames in Italy

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Artist Michael Fitzjames opens his newest show Italia in Sydney on October 17 at the Australian Galleries, Roylston St, Paddington. He reflected on life...

The beauty factor: Is this Darwin’s most seditious idea?

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For readers, Charles Darwin, born in 1809, apparently never gets old. Books by Darwin number 25. Books about Darwin, according...

Electrified: Volkswagen brings back the Kombi

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The VW Microbus, a beloved symbol of the 1960s, is getting a revamp as a spacious, all-electric vehicle called the...