About to conduct an orchestra of 100 guitarists as part of Sydney Festival, the American composer reflects on the band that changed his idea of rock music

The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm taught me the value of playing it straight

Author of a new pop culture memoir Brodie Lancaster on the 1978 feminist film she wishes she’d discovered sooner

On the night of my first house party I swanned around to the tracks as they propelled me into a new life, one far less prim than the old

A chance encounter set off a chain of events that led to me meeting my wife and ended with police searching my attic

Before a George Michael tribute night at the Sydney Opera House, the Australian singer reflects on the artist who changed him and how sanitising his life disrespects his legacy

The singer reveals what Emily St John Mandel, James Bradley and Naomi Klein taught her about facing the future

The Cold Chisel singer so idolised Thorpe that, in 1972, he ran away from home to watch him perform

Ahead of her appearance in Sydney Theatre Company’s Speed-the-Plow, the actor reflects on the ‘electric’ production that was the beginning of her journey

To assume that a work of art has singular meaning is arrogant – and Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini proves it

As a half-African kid growing up in middle-class suburban Brisbane, the comedian found it hard to connect with hip-hop. Until he found Mike Skinner

In the first of Guardian Australia’s new series on life-changing cultural moments, comedian Caroline Reid – who performs as catty and crude flight attendant Pam Ann – reflects on a night she’ll never forget