MANY of our national institutions were on-call, day and night, during the Queen’s visit. “CC” hears that representatives from certain attractions were responsible for hand-picking works from their collections they thought might be of interest…
Eye to eye, smile to smile, DON AITKIN recalls a private moment shared with the Queen on the streets of Canberra. HER Majesty is making what I am being assured is her 16th visit to…
A PARADE of fashions throughout the ages will be held on Saturday to raise money for Frocktober – a fundraiser that aims to improve ovarian cancer awareness and research through the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation….
MARK PARTON was born in the ‘60s, long before the internet began spreading its web around the world… EARLY Generation X-ers like me have been blessed with a grandstand view of the IT revolution; we’re…
I KNOW not being into sport borders on being un-Australian, but that’s me. I’m not a sports enthusiast; neither is my other half. Both of us have about as much interest in sport as a…
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…
