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Hannah Moloney and one of her goats.

Hannah Moloney on how gardening helps with her ‘dark hole’ of self-doubt

For her new book, the bubbly Gardening Australia presenter asked everyday Australians why they choose to garden.

  • Kylie Northover

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A fresh-faced Al Jardine in the 1960s.

The Beach Boys’ Al Jardine keeps Brian Wilson’s otherworldly music alive

The band’s quiet survivor pays tribute to the late Brian Wilson and celebrates his “universal consciousness” with The Pet Sounds Orchestra.

  • Michael Dwyer
Josie Long

I can just withdraw from the discourse: Why Josie Long ditched social media

The British comedian talks weather, politics and Australia’s “weird prehistoric animals” ahead of her show at this year’s Comedy Festival.

  • John Bailey
Hole’s Melissa Auf der Maur has released a memoir of her life in the ’90s and her music career.

How this ’90s grunge rocker survived the ‘chaos incarnate’ of Courtney Love and Hole

Melissa Auf der Maur played bass with Hole, dated Dave Grohl and was mentored by Billy Corgan – now she is telling her story.

  • Michael Dwyer

Meet rock’n’roll’s ‘greatest failure’: John Otway

Fans of the cult “microstar” buy T-shirts with slogans like “I can’t believe it’s not better” and “It’s nearly rock’n’roll but I like it”.

  • Michael Dwyer
Tony Hadley

True to his word, Spandau Ballet’s Tony Hadley is happy to keep the past alive

On the eve of his latest Australian solo tour, Hadley says he never tires of including the big ’80s hits among his newer material.

  • Kirsten Krauth
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I’m all at sea if I’m not creating: Animalia author Graeme Base

A new exhibition reveals never-before-seen works from the Animalia artist

  • Kylie Northover
The Tiger Lillies: Not cabaret, but “death oompah”.

This Grammy-nominated band has released 60 albums, and never had a record label

Martyn Jacques founded The Tiger Lillies in 1989, and has been touring the world with his macabre “death oompah” group ever since.

  • John Bailey
Actor Aud Mason-Hyde.

The unique way Olivia Colman settled Aud Mason-Hyde’s on-set nerves

In their biggest role to date, actor Aud Mason-Hyde stars alongside Olivia Colman and John Lithgow in Jimpa.

  • Kylie Northover
British singer-songwriter Billie Marten.

Billie Marten was signed by a label at 15. Now 26, she struggles with being called ‘prolific’

The British singer-songwriter is touring her 2025 album, Dog-Eared, around Australia and New Zealand in February.

  • Emily Kaine