40 h. ago ‘Invisibility is the new radical position’: artist Rose Nolan on avoiding social media and slowing us down

The text-based artist reflects on her ‘sex, drugs and rock’n’roll’ past and her ‘very analogue’ present – living and working in Melbourne’s most Instagrammed houseGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailThe Melbourne-based artist Rose Nolan has worked exclusively in a palette of red and white since the 1990s, a decision she describes as “liberating”. When she stopped thinking about colour, Nolan suddenly found she had more headspace for her practice which, over 40 years, has spanned a remarkable range of mediums, from colossal public artworks to small architectural models, wall paintings, banners and flags, and self-published books and pamphlets.You might have traipsed across her terrazzo-emblazoned floor work All Alongside of Each Other on the concourse of Sydney’s Central station. Or gazed upwards at the towering words Enough-Now/Even/More-so on the exterior of Melbourne’s Munro Community Hub near Queen Victoria Market.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, p...

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6 d. ago Married quantity surveyor who posted secret sexual pics of colleagues on social media avoids jail

Neil McDougall has dodged jail after posting sexually suggestive photos of female colleagues online and being found with indecent images.

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8 d. ago Expert names five signs of autism 'often' seen in women and girls

An autism assessor has shared the most common signs he sees in women and girls - including people pleasing and avoiding social interaction

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9 d. ago ‘Who was going to carry Elvis’s drugs and guns?’ How Colonel Tom Parker always looked out for the King

For decades, Presley’s manager has been vilified as a money-grabbing huckster. But compelling new evidence suggests the colonel was actually devoted to the starA huckster. A Svengali. A bully. The public perception of Elvis Presley’s manager Colonel Tom Parker has long positioned him as a byword for duplicitous artist representation, where profitability trumps art and the artist always loses out on the lion’s share.You can see why. Born Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk, even the name Colonel Tom Parker was a confection and an invention. Therefore, the presumption runs, so was he. But in The Colonel and the King, a new biography of Parker, Peter Guralnick dispels many of these presumptions to present a far more nuanced portrait of a highly moral operator. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Constance Marten's final act of cruelty to tragic baby who lived in Lidl bag for days

A killer couple's movements around the country became increasingly frantic as they tried to avoid social services - and sadly their baby was already dead by the time they was found

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4 w. ago Aristocrat Constance Marten and her lover Mark Gordon are found guilty of killing their newborn daughter after going on the run in 'selfish' bid to avoid her being taken by social services

Runaway aristocrat Constance Marten and her lover Mark Gordon have been today convicted of killing their baby, Victoria.

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