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harryfiddler Jan 6, 2023

And Sydney Festival is go! My review of Mary Finsterer’s second opera Antarctica. Dazzling. https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/ambitious-and-exquisite-antarctica-is-contemporary-opera-at-its-best-20230106-p5caug.html

Ambitious and exquisite: Antarctica is contemporary opera at its best

The new work is a beautifully crafted story that gives up its treasures in its own time.

The Sydney Morning Herald

harryfiddler Dec 26, 2022

Joanne Harris Dec 26, 2022

And this morning the Shed is an opulent chaise-longue, upholstered in cherry-coloured silk, and strewn with cashmere blankets...

harryfiddler Dec 22, 2022

BillMarshall 🍁Dec 14, 2022

I had no idea Moose could even hold swords.

#Canada

harryfiddler Dec 22, 2022

Thesiswhisperer Dec 22, 2022

This is not good enough. Trove is a national treasure https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/national-library-s-treasure-trove-under-threat-from-budget-cuts-20221212-p5c5m6.html

National Library’s treasure Trove under threat from budget cuts

The digital platform beloved by historians and researchers across the country could cease to operate if new federal funding is not found.

The Sydney Morning Herald

harryfiddler Dec 21, 2022

Edmonds_Scanner Dec 19, 2022

Someday, the old witch will return and lift the curse placed upon you.
Your human shell will crack open and a giant badger will emerge, free at last.

harryfiddler Dec 20, 2022

reidparker_Dec 19, 2022

My kid’s teacher made toys for her class based on their drawings.
Pay teachers more

harryfiddler Dec 20, 2022

Show thread

Vicki Kyriakakis Dec 20, 2022

@alisoncroggon Excellent and on point piece Alison. I remember reading it at the time and it resonates still. I did a piece in The Guardian Australia on a related topic and came to the same conclusion - the impact on the arts and working class artists in particular - was purposeful.

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/may/16/want-to-make-art-you-better-be-rich-how-australian-culture-locked-out-the-working-class?CMP=soc_567

Have been thinking of what a good follow up piece would be to hold the ALPs feet to the fire. Would love to chat with you about it if you’re interested in maybe collaborating?

Want to make art? You better be rich: how Australian culture locked out the working class

Wages are low, work insecure and funding has been gutted. Amid a cost-of-living crisis and a pandemic, are we about to lose a swathe of artists to obscurity?

The Guardian

harryfiddler Dec 19, 2022

Essential reading from Cessalee Stovall for @_DiversityMedia/Twitter. https://www.screenhub.com.au/news/opinions-analysis/an-open-letter-to-reviewers-critics-and-editors-2568722/

An open letter to reviewers, critics and editors

I’m Cessalee: a Black woman, DEI consultant, director and performer, arts audience member, and advocate for a better industry – can we talk?

ScreenHub Australia

harryfiddler Dec 9, 2022

A fellow critic rages against flailing tenors and 'they won't notice the difference...' Alexandra Coghlan (are you on here somewhere?) https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/handels-messiah-live-experience-theatre-royal-drury-lane-review-scary-cynical-2016513

Handel’s Messiah: The Live Experience shows us the terrifying future of classical music

Everything about this patronising, under-rehearsed event screams 'It’ll do; they’ll never know the difference…'

inews.co.uk

harryfiddler Dec 8, 2022

Alice Goodman Dec 8, 2022

RT @[email protected]

Obviously great we have lessened the stigma towards some mental health conditions but I do think we should return to sending women to the seaside for weeks at a time when they cry too much

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/hansmollman/status/1600565579647180801

Mollie Goodfellow on Twitter

“Obviously great we have lessened the stigma towards some mental health conditions but I do think we should return to sending women to the seaside for weeks at a time when they cry too much”

Twitter