Patti Smith at Readings

The scene at Readings yesterday, where I was the "conversation" bit of "Patti Smith in conversation". Somehow Readings m...

On art, children and scandal

Before I dive into the maelstrom of the Melbourne Festival, which opens tonight, I thought I'd briefly revisit the latest Henson fracas,...

Crrritical oxygen

Pace my comments below on the air of the blogosphere, here's a reason why it matters, courtesy of a TN reader - a most interesting respo...

Review: Hitlerhoff/Villanus

Fringe Festival: Hitlerhoff, written by Tom Doig, directed by Erin Kelly. Video by Anto Skene and Puck Murphy, sound by Keith McDouglass. Wi...

The travails of PLA

I may have mentioned once or twice that I have a brutal muse. Its presence has the general effect of a large steel hammer being dropped into...

The Henson Case

My copy of David Marr's new book, The Henson Case, arrived this morning, and I have just finished reading it. Extracts are printed in to...

Getting heard: the realpolitik of arts advocacy

Robert Musil (1880-1942), the great German novelist and intellectual, observed once that if there was to be real social change of any kind, ...