GERTRUDE Jekyll (1843-1932) was always emphatic about her name. “My name is Jekyll, rhyming with treacle”. Jekyll designed more than 400 gardens in the US, France and Britain and wrote more than 1000 articles for…
THE National Arboretum is “gearing up for a busy couple of years”, according to curator Adam Burgess, who says that “Canberra’s gift to Canberra” will be officially presented to the public for the centenary in…
IT has not taken long to remind us that while we had a remarkable rainfall year last year, it does not take long to go back to drier weather. One group of plants that continue…
JUST a couple of warm days and folk come out as butterflies from their chrysalis. As I write this it is a balmy 21C with just a whisper of gentle wind. On days like this,…
SINCE mankind’s earliest time on earth, survival was largely as hunters and gatherers, particularly gathering berries. Our love of berries continues to this day, with this time of the year being planting time for all…
LATE yesterday, staff at the ANU School of Music received a letter from head of school Prof Adrian Walter via an email from the general manager’s office, saying that he was no longer on leave….
ANU Music staff have greeted stories of a “backdown” over staff cuts by the vice chancellor, Ian Young, with disappointment and scepticism. A senior faculty member who preferred not to be named said staff were…
CANBERRA’S music community will be saddened to hear of the death in Denmark of pianist and former director of the Canberra School of Music, John Winther. Winther was born on August 20, 1933 in Copenhagen,…
IT WAS undoubtedly the noisiest, and the coolest, rally in town as staff, students and members of the public gathered at the ANU’s Union Court today to protest against cuts and changes at the School…
