The little Geelong theatre company smashing it on the international stage
Next week, Back to Back picks up theatre’s International Ibsen Award. Why? For making audiences question their assumptions – and sometimes feel uncomfortable.
- Susan Horsburgh
- Graphic content
- Gender equality
‘If you give someone $1000, he can kill anybody’: Why judge Nellab fled Kabul
As a judge in Kabul, Nellab Hotaki Talash put many violent men behind bars. When the Taliban released them, she had to flee. But 70 peers remain in hiding.
- Liz Gooch
Why Ryan Reynolds and his mate bought one of Britain’s unluckiest soccer clubs
When Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought a failing soccer team in Wales, local fans were suspicious about their motivations. Gradually, affection built.
- Stephen Armstrong
‘It’s okay, darling’: How calling my dead mother’s phone helped me grieve
Voicemail had worked as a transitional object, helping me shift away from my mum’s physical self and toward a different kind of presence.
- Maggie Jones
‘It’s not enough to love your children’: A writer mum’s other parenting mantra
Ukrainian-Jewish-Australian writer Maria Tumarkin and her daughter Billie on what makes their bond so close.
- Nicole Abadee
Broadcaster Tom Tilley on questioning religion – and the ‘fornication risk zone’
The long-time Triple J host talks about leaving the Pentecostal church, his near-death experiences and stepping off the ‘pure pleasure train’.
- Benjamin Law
Good Weekend Talks: Why the world’s watching what this company does ‘in our little studio in Geelong’
Aha! Geelong’s Back to Back theatre, featuring neurodiverse and intellectually disabled performers, has brought home one of the world’s richest arts prizes.
- Amanda Hooton
- Opinion
- Foreign correspondence
The extension of the ‘coastal grandmother movement’ sweeping the Western world
From housework to entertaining, the pandemic has forged a new, more nonchalant approach to life.
- Amelia Lester
- Opinion
- Opinion
What makes a restaurant a favourite?
We all have our preferred cafes, restaurants and bars. But what is it about them that makes them the favourite?
- Terry Durack
Secondhand romance: Finding your match in the op-shop aisles
It’s never foolhardy to ask a good sort out for a drink, writes our Modern Guru.
- Danny Katz
Losing the plot
Paul Connolly’s Kitchen Sink Drama is a slice of domestic life, captured masterfully in only 100 words. This week: Losing the plot.
- Paul Connolly
- Review
- Melbourne
Melbourne: Strato
It's got the look and the chef can cook, but why do we tend to get hotel restaurants so wrong in this country, asks Besha Rodell.
- Besha Rodell
- Review
- Sydney
Sydney: The Blue Door
This tasting menu concept originally debuted on the Gold Coast before closing and relaunching in Sydney post-lockdowns.
- David Matthews
Karen Martini's ragu alla bolognese
This inauthentic version of bolognese is based on one Martini’s grandmother Grace used to cook.
- 2 hrs +
- Karen Martini
Helen Goh’s beetroot, pineapple and coconut cake
Sweet and earthy beetroot is delicious in this carrot-style cake. Goh has also added coconut, an uncommonly wonderful pairing which she discovered in Sri Lanka.
- 1-2 hrs
- Helen Goh
Other editions
The March 21 edition
Stephanie Alexander and The Cook’s Companion at 30 | Free-diver Ant Williams | Debra Adelaide and Gabrielle Carey | How to deliver a baby on a plane
- 11 stories
The March 14 edition
The high-strung, low-key world champ who could become our most-capped swimmer | Ukraine’s world-leading robotics work | Filmmaking at -50C | Consoling a friend
- 13 stories