Every day of broadcasting has a story to tell. What were Australians watching on Christmas Eve 65 years ago? And why does it still matter today?
- Lecturer, Creative Writing and Literature, Adelaide University
The enduring legacy of the 1925 film – with Lon Chaney as a villainous Phantom – is complicated by its tangled release history and multiple versions.
At the height of their popularity, The Kingston Trio released an unexpected Christmas album. Instead of becoming a classic, it seemed to foreshadow the approaching end for the group’s dominance.
Groundbreaking series Medic helped shape both the TV medical drama and the image of the medical profession. 70 years later, it may still have things to tell us.
Professional wrestling has a bigger cultural bootprint than many people realise. How is wrestling breaking records and why does it matter?
The ‘divine right of kings’ may sound obsolete, but it has resonances today. Richard II asks what it means to have power, to take power – and what we’re left with when it’s gone.
From Clint Eastwood to Bert Newton – here’s what Melbourne could watch on that new technology, the television set, to see in the new decade.
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