A SLIGHT MAN, even more lean of hair, and seemingly built for low impact speed and melting into the background, like his softened Scottish accent, Midge Ure is even quicker to smile or deflect.As I re...

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A SLIGHT MAN, even more lean of hair, and seemingly built for low impact speed and melting into the background, like his softened Scottish accent, Midge Ure is even quicker to smile or deflect.As I re...

JULIA JACKLINThe Gem (4AD) HAS ANYONE EVER BEEN so certain in her uncertainty as Julia Jacklin? So confident that she doesn’t know, that she couldn’t know how things are, so therefore must secretly kn...

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JULIA JACKLINThe Gem (4AD) HAS ANYONE EVER BEEN so certain in her uncertainty as Julia Jacklin? So confident that she doesn’t know, that she couldn’t know how things are, so therefore must secretly kn...

First they came back to perform, which was not the same as a previous time they came back as this time they were in (pretty much) original form. And everyone was excited and reminiscing. Then they ann...

First they came back to perform, which was not the same as a previous time they came back as this time they were in (pretty much) original form. And everyone was excited and reminiscing. Then they ann...

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Here we have the next instalment in What Comes To Mind, an alternative series in the Wind Back Wednesday space, based on the work of the brilliant photographer Stuart Spence, whose not-so-secret goal ...

SUZANNE VEGASydney Opera House, September 18SHE WAS, WELL, FINE. Adequate seems harsh, good seems flattering, and middling is about right, but the show was probably elevated beyond the implications of...

NICOLE ATKINSDrama (Wicked Game/Sun) IN CASE IT WASN’T ALREADY CLEAR four songs in, Nicole Atkins lets neophytes and casual observers know as Drama progresses that “You’re not in Kansas anymore”. This...

Five desalination plants shut down for days, while Gaza remains in grip of severe water and sanitation crisis Israel is facing weeks of water shortages after an exceptional algae bloom crippled much of its desalination capacity, in a crisis scientists say was triggered when Israeli attacks destroyed much of Gaza’s wastewater infrastructure, causing a massive discharge of untreated sewage. “Pollution does not recognise political borders,” said the Zalul Environmental Association, an Israeli NGO dedicated to protecting the country’s seas and shores. “The discharge of untreated sewage from the Gaza Strip into the sea is contributing to the worsening crisis affecting the Israeli desalination facilities. The wastewater contains nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus, which feed microalgae and cyanobacteria and may intensify their blooms.” Continue reading...

NICOLE ATKINSDrama (Wicked Game/Sun) IN CASE IT WASN’T ALREADY CLEAR four songs in, Nicole Atkins lets neophytes and casual observers know as Drama progresses that “You’re not in Kansas anymore”. This...

NICOLE ATKINSDrama (Wicked Game/Sun) IN CASE IT WASN’T ALREADY CLEAR four songs in, Nicole Atkins lets neophytes and casual observers know as Drama progresses that “You’re not in Kansas anymore”. This...

Here we have the next instalment in What Comes To Mind, an alternative series in the Wind Back Wednesday space, based on the work of the brilliant photographer Stuart Spence, whose not-so-secret goal was to dig into my brain or soul or what might pass for both.Each time, he pulls out a photo from his archives going back almost 50 years and challenges me to respond with what comes to mind when I look at that image. It might be serious or ridiculous, personal or historical, but it will be inspired