On the Weekend of May 12th & 13 at the Art Gallery of NSW you can view one of the country’s ‘finest collections of Australian art, from colonial times to the contemporary age’ FREE

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I think we all love the Academy Awards, in fact I love award ceremonies! I am always desperate to see who will make best dressed or has the biggest shocker! This week I am sharing my ‘Top Ten’ favourite Oscar Dresses. It was incredibly hard to cull my list, but I hope you will agree [...]

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The Georgian era (1714 – 1830) in England, from monarchs to middling people and to music supplied by Mozart, was truly a great gaze that began on horseback and ended in a railway carriage

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The late 18th and early 19th century in England, Europe and America was a period of romantics and revolutionaries, politics, poetry, passion and enlightenment

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The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) has inherited a fabulous legacy of music to perform in its established repertoire including stylish adventures in sound

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Culturally, and in so many other ways innovative and tracking technology has ensured that we are all now connected, whether we like it or not. While we all have to look to our own countries first, it is blatantly obvious that economic recovery in the next few years hinges on a real dialogue taking place between all nations, which includes planning for action if people and our cultures and societies are to achieve real outcomes.

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In every culture and in every era rules rituals and styles of cooking have been customized to support its ideas, its attitudes and to help develop its character

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At Melbourne on Friday August 10th 2012, the StreetSmart initiative CafeSmart will bring together coffee roasters, cafes and coffee drinkers around the country to help people who are experiencing homelessness

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The courtly love song sung by a languishing lover to his lovely lady proclaimed that although their love was a secret, because convention required it to be, he was content to let her know she was the sole mistress of his heart.

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‘Schiaparelli and Prada Impossible Conversations’ exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York explores two dynamic doyennes of fashion in different eras

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Once again the debate about nature vs. nurture is in the news. Do people in the main react more to ways they are taught or according to genetic predisposition? What is the importance of conditioning and thought on human development and how does it affect gender roles? The debate is not new. It has been raging for centuries.

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The trio of Mapstone, Shenzo & Shrestha are going on an exciting exploration of exotic and sublime sounds from Nepal, India & Spain, sounds that stir the soul

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The paradigm shift we are experiencing on such a massive scale only happens every 100 years or so. And, as history reveals, it is only those who bend with the strength of a bamboo rod in the breeze and then spring back upright, that survive.

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Art Deco was about integrating contemporary living with art, and turning life into art, against those consciously working for the undoing of art and its purpose was enjoyment.

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The Royal Collection website involves hours of browsing and also offers goodies from Her Majesty’s (HM) shop online. I have recently discovered this – ooh aah.

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The 18th century neoclassical movement in Europe and England admired the forms of ancient Greece and Rome. In America they became an important aspect of the architecture of freedom

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