Virginia Trioli

It's impossible to overstate the importance of the Armani suit for a woman, both the real thing and every label that followed in his path.

If you have kids who game you won't want to know, but will need to hear, that "paedophile hunting" is a booming genre of social media content.

Sharing feelings and downloading troubles with others occurs naturally when these close connections are maintained.

I write this to remember David and his incomparable contribution to Australian and world cinema, but also to implore myself and anyone else reading this: don't wait.

Are we really comfortable with trading away one of the few financial benefits Australian creatives have left?

When our parliaments, newsrooms, judicial benches and many other institutions all look a certain way, it is clear who is at the centre of Australia's monoculture.

You have to assume that the writers cherish these characters as much as their legions of fans do — and yet they twist them into strange and ludicrous shapes.

Tourists are stunned to discover they were warmer back in a country that's blanketed by snow for months of the year.

The simple purity of God Only Knows, and the glorious harmonies of its recorded version have become a touchstone of modern music, and a shared password of musical passion.

If you have had the unfortunate need to turn up to an emergency department, I hope that it is not because in Australia in 2025, you can't afford to go anywhere else.

Professor Marcia Langton says she's "overwhelmed" by the result of a decade's work spent curating a monumental celebration of Aboriginal art and design.

I suspect the world is divided into two groups: those who worship Star Wars and can spend hours arguing over the complexities of far-flung corners of its universe; and those who swipe left and close the app immediately when they see someone has mentioned George Lucas's creation as one of their great loves.

You know someone's all out of runway for their cause when they start throwing around words like "decency".

If the newly re-elected Albanese government is serious about Australian culture and production, then Donald Trump could be inadvertently showing the way to ensuring it.

Richard Tognetti is exacting, virtuosic and at the helm of one of the world's best chamber orchestras. He sits down with Virginia Trioli to talk work ethic, what brings him joy and what irks him.

On a recent trip to Japan I went in search of what had been described to me as a near perfect example of an urban green development in one of the most green-starved cities in the world.

Tony Albert, one of Australia's most awarded and recognised contemporary artists, tells Virginia Trioli about seeking out "Aboriginalia" to remove it from circulation, and to give it new voice.

At 78, Jenny Kee feels so passionately about her fashion creations that she refers to them as her "children". And while she says her career is slowing down, the evidence for that is hard to find.

Tim Michin's career has evolved from working as a jobbing musician to winning major awards for his Broadway and West End musical, Matilda. But he's still driven by seeing how much he can make his audiences feel.

In the 1980s, Kate Ceberano was experiencing the wrong kind of recognition: backlash for comments she'd made about Kylie Minogue. Now, the singer reflects on how jealousy was impacting her.

My son is the same age as the teenager in Adolescence. Watching it together made me realise the reality of the school kids in the show is the shared reality of our own child.

You won't see award-winning filmmaker George Miller's eyes glaze over if you start to talk about your dreams. He tells Virginia Trioli he finds inspiration in the space between sleep and consciousness.

After another season exploring the essence of creativity with some of the nation's biggest names, I've learned they have a few things in common. 

A quick search reveals how common, casual and uncoupled from shame and insult the term now is.

Unlike the breeders of my generation, many parents today are highly involved in their children's lives and the clear majority of them, and their children, are very happy about it.