I first learned of Captain Moonlite from the historian Graham Willett. In Secret Histories of Queer Melbourne, a book Willett co-edited, Moonlite features “as the bushranger most likely to qualify as ...

There is a persistent quote that stalks all music writers. Its provenance is disputed – Thelonius Monk? Clara Schumann? Laurie Anderson? Elvis Costello? – but it is widely held to settle everything: ...

That’s when I first heard the Gaza Strips. It says something of these four young men and one woman that their eponymous debut album announces itself with the left-right-left knockout punches of those ...

Parties that win elections appeal to both the interests and the values of electors. Many people vote from the hip pocket, but not all. Historically, the Liberal Party could count ...

David Kelly is the author of Fantastic Street, a novel. He is a casual academic and works part-time in a call centre.

Fiona Harari is a journalist and television producer. She is the author of A Tragedy in Two Acts: Marcus Einfeld and Teresa Brennan.

Luke Clarke couldn’t even make the cut for his school’s drama class, but this weekend he and his brother, Tom, will play the leads in a period piece before 3000 people – less a case of jobs for the ...

Many years ago in Sydney, moments before I was due on stage, the stage manager breezily mentioned that the composer might be in the audience. I fled to the bathroom and locked the door, scanning the ...

Incongruously featured on the cover of The Monthly’s first issue 20 years ago, the former actor reflects on homesickness and life in London In May 2005, the first issue of The Monthly hit newsstands ...

The year was 1990. It was the “Third Summer of Love”, the Happy Mondays were chanting, “It’s gotta be a loose fit”, and it looked as though high heels would never again be worn by anyone under 30.

Peter Mares is a journalist and contributing editor at Inside Story magazine. His books include No Place Like Home: Repairing Australia’s Housing Crisis.

Peter McAllister is an anthropologist and science writer from Griffith University on the Gold Coast.