Latest Arts & Culture

• Matt Parker: You’ve a 0.000043% chance of dying during this show

  

  The self confessed purveyor of ‘nerdy comedy’, Aussie comic Matt Parker tells Nathan Motton how the subject of death can be funny and why British children are struggling to cope with maths.

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• The Australian author getting more kids in the kitchen

  

  Children’s cookbook author Sabrina Parrini sat down recently with Nathan Motton to talk about her new book and why keeping children away from fast food starts at home.

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• Dame Edna – the Australian saviour of London

  

  When Dame Edna graces the London stage in the pantomime production of Dick Whittington, it’s not just the Aussies in the audience who swoon. TIM MARTIN found out that the Brits are actually quite fond of the ‘housewife from Melbourne’ too and she’s right at home in panto.

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• Explaining pantomime for Australians in London

  

  An Australian’s time spent in the UK can be filled with any number of traditionally English experiences. But one is both easily experienced and a truly English cultural experience, going to see a pantomime.

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• The Aussies helping the Middle East conquer the West

  

  Greg and Lucy Malouf tell Nathan Motton about their new book; why Australia is leading the way with Middle Eastern food and why the cuisine is much more than just kebabs.

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• Bonachela and his Sydney troupe to take London by storm

  

  With the Sydney Dance Company gracing the boards of London this week, WILL FITZGIBBON took time to have a chat to the man behind the stunningly beautiful shows, artistic director Rafael Bonachela.

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• Wilbur Smith: in his own words

  

  Wilbur Smith is one of the world’s most successful authors – a global No 1 bestseller who has sold 120 million books worldwide. On the phone from his home in London, HEATHER WALKER found out about his latest novel, Those in Peril, and his accomplished writing career.

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• When the going gets Duff

  

  As talented Australians continue to cook up success in England, KRIS GRIFFITHS finds out about the executive chef of the iconic National Dining Rooms, Simon Duff

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• Aussie experts may save Edinburgh Festival

  

  Australian expertise will be called on to help host the 2012 Edinburgh Festival as local know-how is drained by the coinciding Olympic Games, a London newspaper reports.

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• Fail puts Sam at the head of the comedy class

  

  Two years ago Aussie comedian Sam Simmons had a bad day. A really bad day. It prompted him to write and the result is the award-winning and critically acclaimed one-man comedy phenomenon, Fail, he’s bringing to London for the first time.

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• Everybody likes a bogan

  

  Going to Bogan Bingo is like injecting a massive dose of occa into a very London way of life. Plus it seemed to exemplify my own inner bogan deep down and made me realise how I actually love the bogan-ness that is Australia.

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• Baldrick heads Down Under

  

  Orgies, The Ashes and Captain Cook: Blackadder’s Baldrick delves into Australia’s colourful history in an insightful and whimsical way in his new series, Tony Robinson Down Under.

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• Gala evening at Australia House with Opera’s coolest soprano

  

  Australia House is hosting an evening with Southbank Sinfonia in support of the Sir Charles Mackerras Chair tonight, featuring the talents of “Opera’s coolest soprano”, Danielle De Niese, and renowned Royal Opera House conductor, David Syrus.

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• Fit, fantastic and flying high

  

  A drastically reducing wallet width is often matched by a rapidly expanding waistline for Aussie expats in the UK. But there’s a fit and fantastic circus in London starting to turn things around.

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• Aussie culture at London’s heart

  

  London’s heart will be pulsating with an unprecedented array of music and arts events over the next three weeks celebrating Australian and New Zealand culture.

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• Tasmanian artists on show in London

  

  Tucked in a corner of arguably Britain’s most prestigious fine arts and antiques fair, this week in London, is a display of contemporary Australian work attracting international interest.

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• Aussie culture backed by the British Museum

  

  Former Australian cultural attaché Rebecca Hossack and former Turner Prize judge Marina Vaizey will be among those discussing everything from Australian art to Aussie landscapes at the British Museum in London this summer.

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• The British Museum celebrates Australia

  One of the most significant exhibitions of Australian art and culture in over a decade has begun at London’s British Museum.

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• Bhoy oh Bhoy!

  Scottish comedian Danny Bhoy is currently in the midst of travelling around Australia delighting crowds, before embarking on a UK tour this summer. Lesley Slade spoke to him about London, Mother Nature and becoming an Australian resident.

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• Dame Joan Sutherland remembered in London

  Dame Joan Sutherland’s superlative voice has mesmerised a London audience one last time at a thanksgiving service in her honour at Westminster Abbey.

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