Opinion
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BOOK REVIEW: How the future is informed by the past
This is the third in a series of three articles featuring the 2022 Cities of Literature Meeting hosted by Melbourne, our own UNESCO City of…
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Head down to the theatre
The 1812 Theatre The History Boys. The 1812 Theatre’s October production was Alan Bennett’s The History Boys. A story of a mythical boys grammar school…
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Goodbye from Gembrook MP Brad Battin
As I write my final State of Affairs column, I am saddened that I will no longer get to represent your amazing communities. At the…
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FILM REVIEW: One of the best thrillers this year
This week, Seth Lukas Hynes reviews Lou, a taut character-driven survivalist thriller. During a heavy storm, Lou (Allison Janney) and her neighbour Hannah (Jurnee Smollett)…
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Part two in the 2022 Cities of Literature Meeting
This week, Christine Yunn-Yu Sun has written the second part in a series of three articles featuring the 2022 Cities of Literature Meeting hosted by…
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CARTOON: Fat cats behind the bowser
This week, The Star Mail’s resident cartoonist Danny Zemp looks at who exactly is going to be profiting from the rising petrol prices.
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CARTOON: Cats win the big one
Resident Star Mail cartoonist Danny Zemp draws the result of a runaway grand final for Geelong.
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What’s on in the theatres
The Bakery at 1812 Theatre presents The History Boys The play opens in Cutlers’ Grammar School, Sheffield, a fictional boys grammar school in the north…
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Reader Development Roundtable
This is the first in a series of three articles by Christine Yunn-Yu Sun featuring the 2022 Cities of Literature Meeting hosted by Melbourne, our…
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BOOK REVIEW: The saddest children’s books
This week, Christine Yunn_Yu Sun revisits the saddest children books. Back on January 26, 2011, I published an article titled “The Saddest Children’s Books”, recommending…
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FILM REVIEW: Can one half of a good movie be enough?
This week, Seth Lukas Hynes reviews Spiderhead, Starring Miles Teller, Chris Hemsworth and Jurnee Smollett Rated MA15+ 3/5 A science fiction psychological thriller directed by…
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CARTOON: Vale Uncle Jack
This week, Star Mail cartoonist Danny Zemp gave a touching tribute to Indigenous Australian Icon Uncle Jack Charles.