Horsing around: how the horse/human relationship has evolved
In the wake of Sydney’s anti-lockdown protests, in which horses were used to help manage protesters, Gary Nunn investigates how horses are used in public life.
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Meet Sydney’s most colourful characters
Gary Nunn introduces us to some of Sydney’s most colourful eccentrics, free spirits and one-offs: the characters who give Sydney its personality, colour and flair.
PR companies feared and revered him in equal measure: what will Tim Burrowes do next?
Tim Burrowes is leaving Mumbrella. He speaks about taking a well-deserved career break – and his debut book on the media industry’s most tumultuous decade.
Meet the first ever Aboriginal candidate for Sydney Lord Mayor
Wiradjuri woman Yvonne Weldon is the first Aboriginal Australian to stand for Sydney Lord Mayor. She speaks with the Sentinel about the milestone and challenging the powerful incumbent, Clover Moore.
Significant Other: a uniquely honest reflection on a modern conundrum
What do you do when your closest friends find love and settle down, but you haven’t? That’s the question behind the New Theatre’s latest production, Significant Other.
“I no longer speak to mum. She’s done some awful, nasty things”: Rosie Waterland
Rosie Waterland has a new show, a newish conservative commentator boyfriend and is about to break into fiction, writes Gary Nunn, who interviewed her for the Sentinel.
Rick Morton: “Gay, working class, vulnerable: my very existence is political”
Award-winning journalist, author and Sydney Writers’ Festival drawcard Rick Morton speaks with the Sentinel about his year of living vulnerably.
I squirmed in my seat. I was supposed to.
Review: “The Removalists” by David Williamson, New Theatre, Newtown. By editor-at-large Gary Nunn.
The style almost becomes the substance in this play of nostalgia-fetish gone wrong
The Sydney Theatre Company’s “Home, I’m Darling” explores gender roles through one woman’s fetishisation of the stereotypical 1950s housewife.
Sydney Comedy Festival kicks off: laughing at a year of misfortune relieves tension and creates abs
Covid-19 and its associated disruptions provided a rich mine for material at the Sydney Comedy Festival Gala at the State Theatre.
Spat at, sneezed on and told to go ‘home’: how racism against Asian Australians has escalated
Asian Australians are experiencing an upsurge in racism, with bigots emboldened by Covid-19 and Australia’s deteriorating relationship with China.
Centuries old Spanish play given fresh life – and leaves a chilling warning
A 402-year-old Spanish play – currently being staged in Sydney – is astonishingly relevant in modern day Australia, writes Gary Nunn.
Appropriately spine-tingling
Gary Nunn reviews the Sydney Theatre Company’s “Appropriate” – and finds it appropriately spine-tingling.
Please don’t stop, girl: this is an impressive debut
Gary Nunn reviews ABC journalist Sally Sara’s first play – a compelling story of a woman’s struggle with mental illness after working as a war correspondent.
The rumours are NOT true: ARQ is reopening!
Exclusive: Australia’s biggest gay nightclub, ARQ, and its neighbour, Bodyline Spa & Sauna, have announced they’re reopening in a Sydney Sentinel exclusive.