When Ukrainian bass operatic singer Taras Berezhansky started studying the role of Attila the Hun, which he will perform for Opera Australia soon, he didn't spend a lot of time on history.
It's United Nations Day today – that's why you can see UN flags flying on both bridges Lake Burley Griffin – but it's a very different organisation from the one officially declared on October 24, 1945.
It was a case of the destination being more important than the journey, president of the Artists Society of Canberra, Peter van Rens, said last night (October 21) as he launched the organisation’s 80th annual spring exhibition.
After generations of hatred and grieving, and 80 years after the fall of Singapore, it’s time to forgive and reconcile, the Australian War Memorial's musical artist-in-residence Christopher Latham says.
As the G&T glasses clink and the British Film Festival comes around again, it’s hard to get away from the trusty old accolade, “Best of British”, for that is exactly what curator Kim Petalas is aiming for.