12+ hour, 19+ min ago   (733+ words) September 13, 2026 — 10:00am Extended night opening hours and a three-week launch festival for the $1 billion Powerhouse Parramatta are under intense scrutiny and likely to be rolled back as NSW Treasury scrambles for cost savings just weeks ahead of the museum’s ribbon-cutting. The…...

17+ hour, 19+ min ago   (1065+ words) Born Kim Eun-jae, the 34-year-old has gone from unknown songwriter to global phenomenon, thanks to hit tracks like Golden. In 2020, early in her career, South Korean-American musician Kim Eun-jae, known as Ejae, joined the small songwriting team for a new…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (613+ words) September 12, 2026 — 5:00am At the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in Melbourne’s inner north-west is a unique and remarkable house surrounded by typical suburban McMansions. It’s striking because its owners were keen to use concrete “to the max” in their new home....

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (33+ words) SMH.com.au Jimmy Kimmel has been blocked from airing an interview with Texas Democrat James Talarico after threats from the FCC. September 11, 2026 — 8:40am...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (777+ words) The outgoing recipe editor and former Age Good Food Guide editor dispenses wisdom to the last, over lunch at one of Melbourne’s hottest restaurant openings of 2026. After 37 years with The Age, many of them also with The Sydney Morning Herald…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (753+ words) With or without chief executive Lisa Havilah, the challenges facing the Powerhouse Parramatta are numerous. In the early hours of September 22, 1882, a catastrophic inferno consumed the Garden Palace in Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden. Within 40 minutes, its vast timber frame had…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (331+ words) A year ago, I moved my family from New York to London. I had prepared myself for the wet English weather. I was not prepared for the heat. London has sweated through devastating heatwaves this year – the hottest day reached…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (37+ words) SMH.com.au As the biggest show of Margaret Preston's work in 20 years opens at the NGV, its curators talk about her stunning work, her legacy and why it's tricky. September 3, 2026 — 11:00am...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (582+ words) Cooking shows are boring, and supermarket shopping is too easy. So says Mario Kalpou, a Sydney chef who ditched restaurants to hunt his own food in the wild. His debut TV series, Man Eats Wild, saw him travel from the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (626+ words) September 2, 2026 — 7:30pm There is a special kind of fatigue that cannot be cured by sleep, a vacation in Biarritz, or the incessant application of a 140€ ($227) super serum. It is the fatigue of having produced something for a living without ever having…...