Nature News Science Scientists have dug up part of a dinosaur that died the same day the asteroid hit by Lochie Schuster Palaeontologists in the United States have uncovered the remains of a dinosaur dated back to the literal day the asteroid wiped them all out. The leg of a 66 million-year-old…
Books Interviews ‘Making Australian History’: Anna Clark on the making of the national narrative by Dan Shaw In Making Australian History, Anna Clark interrogates the texts that have contributed to our national identity, using them as launchpads for new, thought-provoking conversations about who we are today. In…
Books News Charles Dickens’ mysterious 1858 letter has been decoded by Ria Pandey Written in once-indecipherable shorthand, Charles Dickens’ 1858 letter has been decoded by a pair of American computer programmers. For over a hundred years, Charles Dickens‘ 1858 Tavistock letter sat, uninterpretable,…
News Shots of the New York subway in the 1950s prove Stanley Kubrick was a genius, even at 16 by Freya McGahey Brilliantly capturing the paradox that is New York City, Stanley Kubrick’s swift and candid images speak the story of 1950s America with sheer brilliance. You may only know Stanley Kubrick…
Film and TV News Pop Culture Judy Garland: the tragic icon of Hollywood’s ‘Golden Age’ by Emily Suine Judy Garland was personality and talent on the grand scale. Classic film star, singer, and gay icon, she created amidst the chaos of her life. Judy Garland was an emblematic…
News The Aussie pub made famous by David Bowie in ‘Let’s Dance’ is for sale by Julia Lo Surdo Anyone interested in buying a pub? The Carinda Hotel, made famous by David Bowie in 1983, is now up for grabs. Bowie’s video for Let’s Dance features the pub in…
News Trump takes aim at Oscar-winning South Korean film, ‘Parasite’ by Happy Speaking yesterday at a Colorado rally, Donald Trump took aim at South Korean film, Parasite. The Bong Joon Ho-directed movie recently made history by becoming the first foreign-language film to take…
News PREMIERE: Seiren is set to take over a dance floor near you with her new single by Happy Newcastle based DJ Seiren has been building a strong following for herself for the past couple of year now. With the ability to ignite any dance floor, the artist has…
News Want to know where you came from? Track down your origins with this global map of people with your surname by Happy Forbears has been around since 2012, a powerful tool letting you track your surname. Using newspaper mentions, birth and death records, and other sources, it’ll let you map out your name…
