China Reaches for the Moon

On January 3 of this year, China’s probe Chang’e-4 (aptly named after a Chinese moon goddess) landed on the far…

From the Tiber to the Clyde: Defying Space-Time on a March Day, 2018-2019

Rome, March 2018 It’s a Saturday morning. Temperatures are close to twenty degrees. The two pomegranate trees around my house…

QMU, 31/1/19 As the Qudos lights dim, our night starts with the knowledge that there will be a unifying factor…

Dir. Orpha Phelan, King’s Theatre Edinburgh, 01/02/19 When I think of opera, I imagine either one opulent story of love,…

Nothing could make a screening of the 1949 Ealing Comedy Whisky Galore on Burns’ Night more fitting than a complimentary…

QMU, 23/1/19 The crowd was busy, with an eclectic mix of fans of all ages. After a bit of a…

One would think that with developments in home entertainment, from more capable televisions to the explosion of affordable streaming services…

We all have to read classic literature at one point in our lives, usually in school, and if you’re lucky…

Tramway, 15 Mar 2019 – 06 Apr 2019, dir. Elizabeth Freestone The year is 1918, 1968, and 2018, and three Noras…

Debates Chamber, GUU, 19th March 2019 They told you you’d regret it. They told you not to come. Yet on…