Entertainment
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New president a playmaker with plans
AN ON stage performance of a radio play, a fresh look for the annual arts festival and building closer ties with other community organisations are…
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Is there more than one Mona Lisa? – by Felicity Smith
RESEARCHING for any story leads to more information in the wastepaper bin than in print. It’s a fact of life for any storyteller. Most reputable…
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24 hours ‘on safari’ by Kaye Martin
WE awoke to find tigers watching us through the window … and the next night we slept in a tree house and our early morning…
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La Joconda and her ‘Mona Lisa’ smile by Felicity Smith
MONA LISA to English speakers, La Jaconda to the French, La Gioconda to the Italians, this most recognisable of portraits from Western Art was started…
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All the Things – the Rosetta Stone, by Felicity Smith
A LITTLE over a mile from the pyramids of Giza, a new museum awaits the return of the Rosetta Stone. When construction is completed, The…
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Pushing for Ethical AI Usage – by Felicity Smith
HUMAN hands are rocking the AI cradle. Tech developers and their users are profiting from the AI revolution at the expense of the creators of…
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What is art, what is not? by Felicity Smith
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring…
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Shadowlands – AI and the Artist
ANXIETY is a rational response to Artificial Intelligence. We are primed to fear the unknown so alarm and suspicion are to be expected when we…
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Grant boost for club brand
THERE’S a compelling enthusiasm in Jeanel Dalgrin’s voice as she talks about one of the Scenic Rim’s newer community organisations, the Boonah Working Stock Dog…
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TIME TO TURN by Felicity Smith
IT WAS back in the 1980s, a time of mahogany tans, when you could get your sunscreen applied by the Suntan Man at his spray…
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Travel – 24 hours in Binalong Bay
WORDS AND PHOTOS by FRASER CREIGHTON TASMANIA is listed among the world’s top 30 ‘must visit places in 2024’ by the New York Times. Yet…
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Travel – 24 hours in El Nido
by FRASER CREIGHTON IT WAS a humid, hot Christmas (are there any other in Queensland?), when I booked an ‘island hopping’ experience in the Philippines.…












