Australian design has developed its own language with the land, writes Colin Bisset.

Travel supposedly broadens the mind but I’m not so sure. I’ve just been on a trip to France and Britain and I think I’ve come back with a narrower view of those countries than I had before...

It was 2001 and Bridget Haire decided to lose her stage virginity.

It’s seared onto my memory. The year I let my Inner Showgirl out...

The Godfather of House, Frankie Knuckles, chats to Garrett Bithell ahead of his headline appearance at Wildlife on New Year’s Eve.

Legendary DJ Frankie Knuckles is commonly referred to as the ‘Godfather of House’ – the man who invented house music. And while the emergence of a musical style cannot reasonably be attributed to a single man, the label is not without basis...

Navigating the complex intersection of sexuality, family and culture is no easy journey, writes Ryan Perdio.

My birthday, last year. Out with the whole family for a Sunday night dinner. My mother hands me a present and insists that I open it in front of everyone. The look of restrained excitement and anticipation on her face should have made me suspect that something was up. The parcel turns out to be a box of condoms...

Jeanne Carmen has been a Broadway showgirl, a ’50s pin-up and romanced by the likes of Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley. On the release of her new biography, she spoke with Stephen Devine.

SX  How did a little girl from the Arkansas backwoods become a Broadway chorus girl?
JEANNE  When I was 13, I won a local beauty concert. My mom wouldn’t let me go to the finals so I ran away. I hitched to St Louis, got a job and stayed. I worked in a fancy restaurant and one night met a hot Italian opera singer named Sandy Scott. He told me to call him if I ever got to New York...

Canadian photojournalist turned film director Robin Schlaht spoke with Garrett Bithell ahead of the world premiere of his documentary, To Be Romeo and Juliet.

Canadian photojournalist turned film director Robin Schlaht is coming to Sydney to present his documentary about love and theatre, To Be Romeo and Juliet, as part of ‘Possible Worlds’, Sydney’s Canadian Film Festival...

The eccentric and unconventional Kate Miller-Heidke tells Reg Domingo why she hates being called quirky.

Kate Miller-Heidke doesn’t mind being called ‘different’. But please, keep the q-word to yourself...

Paul Burston’s new novel, Star People, hops over the velvet rope and points its telephoto lens at Hollywood’s closeted gay culture. He spoke with Garrett Bithell.

There’s still one taboo left in Hollywood … Star People is the new novel by Paul Burston, a London journalist and broadcaster. “It’s my anti-Hollywood Hollywood novel,” he tells SX. “It’s a tale of various types of hustlers, both inside the industry and on the fringes. In Hollywood, hustling is just another service industry serving the needs of the industry...

Legendary singer Dionne Warwick is heading to Sydney this month. She spoke with Katrina Fox.

Where to start with a woman who celebrates her 47th year in show business next month? Well, let’s go back to the 1960s. Having performed for a short period with girl group The Gospelaires (including background sessions for the likes of Dinah Washington and The Drifters), Dionne Warwick released her first solo single...