Melbourne’s Rising Festival is a yearly staged celebration of arts, music and performance. Now in its fifth iteration the festival is back bigger than ever,

HALF MAN - ★★★1/2 (Stan) Toxic masculinity: the subject of the hour - or, in this case, six hours. After the breakout success of Netflix’s

WOMEN WHO WIN By Antoinette Lattouf (Penguin Random House) 4.5 out of 5 stars *** There’s a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from watching

'BOND, QUEERBOND - THE FABULOUS HISTORY OF A SPY By Mark O'Connell (The History Press) 4 out of 5 stars *** 'Queer' and 'James Bond'

‘Blitz: the club that shaped the 80s’ This exhibition ran from 20 September 2025 until 29 March 2026 at the Design Museum, London. Reviewed by

MATURE SKIN Until 22 March at the Northcote Town Hall, Melbourne 3 out of 5 queer stars Reviewed by Christos Linou Mature Skin is an

'NIGHT PEOPLE' by MARK RONSON Published by Penguin Random House 4.5 out of 5 stars Reviewed by Danny Corvini Mark Ronson is best known to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LucqCU5y_-8 Jimpa 4.5 out of 5 stars Reviewed by Danny Corvini This remarkable new Australian film (a Dutch and Finnish co-production) delves into the world

CRAZE: An Insider Account of Sydney's Early Raves, Doofs & Festivals by Stephan Győry  Reviewed by Stuart Ridley I can’t remember when I met Stephan Győry

a Butterfly (Sarasavi Publishers) 4.5 out of 5 stars Reviewed by Ali Khan a Butterfly is the first novel from Canberra’s Dr Sean Perera, which