Culture

Torres Strait Islanders broke records building train lines. Now their untold story is a musical

• by Nick Dent

It’s been 70 years in the making, now this Aussie ballet’s time has come

• by Nick Galvin

Street dance or serious sport? What I learned in my night as a b-girl

• by Frances Howe

Hamilton’s return is spectacular – and exactly what we need right now

• by Chantal Nguyen

At Australia’s richest landscape prize, art conquered politics

• by John McDonald

How The Catcher in the Rye changed this artist’s vision

• by Helen Pitt

He first met the outside world at 21. Now he’s won one of Australia’s richest arts prizes

• by Helen Pitt

2-for-1 tickets to Sydney Contemporary*

Hundreds of words have been added to the dictionary this year. Which ones will last?

• by David Astle

‘I hope it sticks to them like a tick’: A writer’s gift to her stalker

• by Melanie Kembrey

We desperately need to improve our concentration. Here’s a novel idea

• by Richard Glover

A girl in flight for sanctuary and to find out who she is

• by Jessie Tu