Words on Wednesday

In September 2016, Eastside’s own, Toby Creswell was a guest on Arts Wednesday talking about his then latest book: A History of Australia in 100 Objects. Toby is a former editor of Rolling Stone and founding editor of Juice and other magazines. He has written a number of books and has written and produced several [...]Read More... from A History of Australia in 100 objects

You’ve most likely passed by the Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park, but have you ever walked in? There was a big renovation of the memorial and Sylvia sits down with Caroline Mackaness, who played a role in the renovations vision and designs. Listen to learn more. [...]Read More... from Anzac Memorial with Caroline Mackaness

Amanda Woodard is a journalist from London. After a 12-year stint with The Guardian newspaper, she moved to Sydney with her family and continues to write on travel and art. Her articles about art crime caught Sylvia’s attention and she sat down with Sylvia to talk all about the topic. Woodard debunks myths about art [...]Read More... from Art Theft with Amanda Woodard

In this episode, Sylvia sits down with Andy Bromberger, a professional musician and music historian who lectures on different eras and genres of music. She talks with Sylvia where they deconstruct 20th century classical music through three lenses: Atonalism (refers to the absence of a tonal centre or key), Alienation (isolation), and Appeasement (acceding to someone’s [...]Read More... from Atonalism, Alienation, and Appeasement

At the time of recording, Richard Major was curator of ornithology at the Australian Museum and he selected the following 5 birds to talk about in a 5 part series: Australian ibis, white fronted chat, sulphur crested cockatoo, noisy miner and the common myna. Each one of these birds is unique to Australia and each [...]Read More... from Australian native birds with the Australian Museum

In January 2017, David Bock from the Australian Museum talked to us about Australian native bees. Did you know that we have some 1600 species documented so far! Unlike their European honey bee counterparts, many of our bees are solitary. Females mate once and keep the sperm, dispensing it when she wants to lay eggs [...]Read More... from Australian native Bees with David Bock

On 26 May 2021, Nicolette Fraillon was a guest on Arts Wednesday. At that time, Nicolette was Musical Director and Chief Conductor of the Australian Ballet. It is a fascinating insight into conducting ballet as opposed to conducting a symphony orchestra or an opera. Listen to learn more! [...]Read More... from Conducting ballet with Nicolette Fraillon

In December 2016, Bryce Peters, ornithologist at UTS, was a guest on Arts Wednesday. It was summer and I asked him about the all-too-prevalent insects we love to hate: cockroaches, mosquitos and flies. Bryce actually likes cockroaches but has an aversion to ants!  Find out what role each insect plays in the ecosystem and see [...]Read More... from Creepy crawlies with Bryce Peters

On 24 July 2019, Elise Edmunds, Senior Curator at the State Library of NSW, was a guest on Arts Wednesday. The topic of conversation was Dead Central, an exhibition she had curated at the library. The colony had outgrown the old burial ground where the Town Hall sits today and Governor Phillip created a new [...]Read More... from Elise Edmunds talks about a burial ground

Anna Musson is the maiven of etiquette, wherever it is needed – privately or in business. Surprisingly, this conversation attracted a lot of feedback: surprisingly, because it was so unexpected. Most of the queries came from mothers of sons as Anna talks about workplace etiquette, from applying for a job to the job interview (including [...]Read More... from Anna Musson talks about etiquette in our busy world