The Secret Death of Salvador DaliBy Stephen SewellStables Theatre, SydneyMarch 24 to April 17
REVIEW BY BRENDAN DOYLE
In the foyer, a violinist in dinner suit and angel wings plays sitting in a suspended picture frame. You climb the stairs into
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"An objectively grave matter has been reduced to a question of the mother's convenience... To a pregnant 14-year-old struggling to grasp what's happening, a senior student with a whole life mapped out or a mother already failing to cope under
Max Lane
On March 24, the Senate resumed debate of the Greater Sunrise Unitisation Bill 2004, a bill to allow for the implementation of the Greater Sunrise International Unitisation Agreement that the East Timorese government was pressured to sign
Dale T. McKinley, Johannesburg
In his introductory remarks to the ANC's recently released election manifesto, President Thabo Mbeki confidently asserts that the ANC, as a political party and as government, has made much progress since 1994 in
Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark PrinceBy Marc ElliotAndre Deutsch, 2003305 pages, $30 (pb)
Review by Phil Shannon
"Who's afraid of the Big Bad Walt?", read the placards of striking Disney cartoonists in 1941, mocking the popular lyric from Walt
Emma Murphy, Adelaide
The South Australian state government has been embroiled in controversy and condemnation since deputy premier Kevin Foley's March 15 announcement about the fate of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands. "This government has lost
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Afghan community discusses women's rights
SYDNEY — Most women in Afghanistan are no better off since the country was "liberated" by the United States two years ago, Afghan academic Dr Nazir Gul told a packed hall on March 20.
The
Lou Plummer, Fayetteville, North Carolina
On the day after his 19th birthday in 1966, my father received his commission as an officer in the same North Carolina National Guard unit that took his father to Europe in World War Two. By 1969, having
Murray Smith, Paris
The verdict in the first round of the French regional elections on March 21 was unambiguous. The electorate massively rejected the right-wing government led by Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin.
Parties supporting the
On March 23, federal ALP leader Mark Latham told Sydney radio station 2UE that a Labor government would bring back the Australian troops currently in and around Iraq, as soon as possible after the planned June installation of an interim Iraqi
Jon Lamb, Darwin
On March 18, East Timorese dock worker Pedro Henrique was crushed to death by a container at Dili wharf, while working for Darwin-based Perkins Shipping.
Union officials in East Timor and Darwin claim that Henrique was fatally
For eight months, Tom Mann taught in one of Australia's desert prisons for asylum seekers. The experience turned him into a campaigner against mandatory detention.
Michael, an 11-year-old Iranian boy, arrived at Woomera detention centre at the end
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