Arts Podcast

Cycling and the Tour de 'Under'

There's quite a career to be had in street performing and Mike and Rachel Rowan have got it down to a fine art.

The Hobbit is the blockbuster film of the summer. But before there was a film, there was a book and before there was a book, there was Norse mythology, Beowulf, Germanic goblins and a nostalgic view of England.

In an increasingly fragmented television landscape, local drama has been the real ratings winner.

Founded in 1661 by Louis XIV, the Paris Opera Ballet has been described as one of the greatest ballet companies in the world.

With January almost over, it's time to check in on your health mission for 2013.

Today in Sydney, the CSIRO will launch Australia's largest publically funded digital economy research project—the $40-million Digital Productivity and Services Flagship.

Archie Roach speaks with Daniel Browning about his return to creativity after a traumatic few years. After the sudden death of his partner in life and music Ruby Hunter, Archie suffered a paralysing stroke and had to learn to walk again. Then while in recovery he was diagnosed with cancer and underwent surgery to remove part of his left lung, a singer's engine room. Yet Archie's new gospel and blues inspired album is a thing of joy and an act of perseverance.

Mark Colvin speaks with Clive James, writer, broadcaster and critic over many decades. Clive James has just been recognised in the Australia Day Honours for his achievements. He’s just been awarded an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to literature, particularly as a writer and poet.

Aussie English is some of the most creative and inventive in the world and while some might say it has been all but drowned out by American English, there are still a range of words and phrases you'll hear regularly in Australia but nowhere else.