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Farewell, Olympia Memories of a milkbar on Parramatta Road
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Madelaine Lucas
Every childhood deserves a Boo Radley house and the Olympia Milkbar was mine...
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Love Sick Intimacy and the American President
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Antonella Gambotto-Burke
The cultural capacity for love can be lost. Donald Trump is a harbinger for this lack of empathy and intimacy, a society unable to feel.
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Maybe I’m Amazed A new appreciation for Paul McCartney
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James Bradley
Is it possible to tell a rather different story about Paul McCartney’s life after the Beatles? A story of creative endurance and often unrecognised inventiveness and influence?
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Stealing Home Base The cinema alternative to ‘Netflix and chill’
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Lynden Barber
Palace Cinemas slogan is “cinema reimagined”. But can the experience of attending films at a theatre be reimagined by arthouse chains like Palace and Dendy? Or has video streaming scored the last home run?
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The Invisible Men Manus Island
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Matthew Abbott
After four years in detention these men are tired and at breaking point.
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Love is in the Air 61.6%
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Mark Mordue
Emotional gatherings occurred across Australia to hear the outcome of the marriage equality plebiscite.
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Street Fighting Man Lanz Priestly was the leader of the Martin Place occupation by the homeless of Sydney. He’s ready for the next battle.
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Mick Daley
“Today I wonder just how different people who are renting are from people who are homeless.”
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The Horses Swimming with champions
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Tom Patterson
On land the rider is master and the horse is servant. But in the water with the rider up front like a bowsprit they look much more as one; it’s almost intimate.
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Down By Law Julian Assange on English twats, tweets from Trump, and Hillary Clinton
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Ross Duncan
“It’s about newsworthiness when we’re talking about publication, and newsworthiness is pretty much ‘of interest to the public’ not ‘of public interest’" – Julian Assange
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The Lost Opera Composer George Dreyfus and the sound of silence
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Angus Smith
In 1969, Opera Australia commissioned Australian composer George Dreyfus to write an original opera. It was never performed. Dreyfus is still campaigning.
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The Allergic Frontier A case study in video game addiction
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Jack Cameron Stanton
“The veneer of fun erodes over time. When you become sicker, you use more – to detach from reality.”
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Another Side A conversation with Tanya Plibersek about rock ‘n’ roll, democracy and family car trips
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Sonya Voumard
After 20 years in the job, Tanya Plibersek is not slowing down. Our profile of her, featuring rock ‘n’ roll, Jeremy Corbyn and speculation about a second female Prime Minister.