Placement
Dreamed a Dream by the Old ATM A Letter from London
Arguably, the healthiest thing about Bill-the-Homeless’s lifestyle in recent years has been its intense sociability. I made friends with him when he was still begging at the ATM.
Kenneth Slessor’s ‘My King’s Cross’
“I don’t know whether my King’s Cross was any better than today’s – or any worse. For, whatever happens to its landscape, King’s Cross will always be a tract apart from the rest of Sydney…”
Phantom Thread The everyday sadism of marriage
It’s commonplace to observe that the opposite of love is not hatred, but indifference. Love and hatred exist on a spectrum ... traversed at the speed it takes to watch one’s partner laugh too long at their own joke, or eat a messy breakfast.
War! What’s It Good For?! Ross Kemp: Extreme Tales Live On Stage
“I remember thinking, ‘What have I got? I’ve got a Porsche and a swimming pool, no kids, no relationship with any women. What the f___ am I leaving behind?’”
X-Files The sad déjà vu of ABC music library death
News of the ABC cutting 10 librarian jobs and ‘consolidating’ its music library into one location signposts the end for one of the nation’s great collections.
Straya Day in Dungog Just another day in the valley
It’s Australia Day, something of which I have zero childhood memories (and fair enough: as a national holiday it only dates back to 1994, meaning Justin Bieber is the same age as this sacred, ancient, unchangeable event).
Omar Musa In Amsterdam
Omar Musa has a wonderful way of coming back at you with one more line, rhyme, vision… an unexpected or extra turn in where he places you.
The Great Sydney Train Delay of 2018
The pervs of the city had a field day. “Grab on my waist and put that body on me,” wheezed Ed Sheeran through a pair of staticky earphones.
The Post Democracy can die in the dark
Steven Spielberg’s film summons up an era when journalism was still ‘the first rough draft of history’.
The Ghost in You An interview with HTRK’s Jonnine Standish
Virtual reality, digital narcissism and dead friends: musician Jonnine Standish is riding a new kind of ghost train into town.
Almost Newtown How Young Henry’s rocked up with the beer of the inner city
If Young Henry’s really wants to capture today’s Newtown they should flog a beer-flavoured frozen yoghurt sold through Thai restaurants... “Hey, that’s a great idea!”
Second Guessing Yourself Jack Colwell’s search for a better identity
“I try to be a good person but I also know there’s a darkness and a poison inside me. It’s hard to separate all these things.”