Anybody who had not heard Jake Bugg's speaking voice before this solo acoustic show was in for a surprise.

Exclusive: The Today hosts praise rival Waleed Aly - and insist their Logies "too white" comments were taken out of context.

Writer Zinzi Clemmons confronted the American novelist at the Sydney Writers Festival, asking him why he had treated her the way he had six years earlier.

Lebanese-born artist Khaled Sabsabi is among a collective of 16 Islamic artists who have joined together to produce at show called Enough - or "Khalas" in Arabic at the UNSW Gallery in Paddington.

The prestigious Helpmann Awards are saying goodbye to Sydney.

In a mostly unremarked spot in the Royal Botanic Garden, close to the waters of Farm Cove, there is a small but poignant monument.

The angry British TV reporter created by actor Tom Walker has become a viral sensation for his erudite rants about the state of UK and world politics.

Naturalistic drama, sci-fi and an "arse-kicking" superhero comedy are as wildly different as genres can be – and therein lies the strength of Indigenous storytelling, according to one of its rising stars.

After The Verdict failed, some believed Karl's new show would flop. Instead, it triumphed.

Swifty is back and, boy, is she cross.

Her sister Beyonce might be the bigger star but on this night Solange Knowles definitely had the bigger planet.

Among Instagram's images of splendour are landscapes whose owners have lost the plot.

The My Kitchen Rules' dinner discussion has finally turned to sisters Jess and Emma's cosmetic surgery in a night of soap opera acting in, what was eventually deemed, a Greek tragedy.

Colin Lane and Frank Woodley are back after a long hiatus with a show about aviation, more or less.

More than ever, race is the new gelignite of language, a rewired taboo to supplant the defused f-bomb. Ounce for ounce, in terms of hurt, vulgarity has morphed into allusions to identity.

“Good artists copy, great artists steal,” is a familiar aphorism most often attributed to Picasso. But a new exhibition at the National Art School takes the concept further.

Why do some contestants thrive on this show - while others flounder?

At 77 Brazilian pianist Sergio Mendes still has ears for the new.

After a string of hits, Richard Curtis seems to have gone on a sabbatical with About Time.

For this ''little girl from Zambia'', no matter how fierce her message, she can make its blow feel like an embrace.