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It’s simple, really: are you dusting… or dusting?

"In common usage, when context alone determines the meaning, we’re usually talking about polysemous words (words with multiple related or unrelated meanings)." Columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS returns to the endlessly fascinating English language.

Opinion

KEEPING UP THE ACT

Here it is, Canberra's new game show, Are You Smarter Than an ACT Minister?, in which 10-year-old student Michelle faces the intellectual cream of our local cabinet...

Arts

Music

Phantom harbourside production lives up to the hype

"There are few musicals in the repertoire so well suited to the dramatic staging offered by Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour, and this one lives up to the hype." Arts editor HELEN MUSA reviews Handa Opera's production of Phantom of the Opera.

Music

Fiery Fiorillo still thrills her audience

"This piano recital journeyed across five centuries of Spanish music, from transcriptions on Sephardim music to the fiery spirit of modern Spanish composers." ROB KENNEDY reviews a recital by pianist Marcela Fiorillo.

Music

Outside the box landed an appealing program

"You know you’re in for something a little out of the ordinary when you’re greeted at the concert venue by the original, giant and creepy AF doll from Squid Games," writes reviewer SARAH BYRNE.

Dance

But everyone else seemed to be enjoying it

"I’m really not sure what the point of Swan? was and I was relieved when the show finished. Other members of the audience clearly had a great night out," writes dance reviewer MICHELLE POTTER.

Lifestyle

Gardening

Kiwifruit offers shade and autumn harvest

Kiwifruit vines are vigorous growers that reward gardeners with shade in summer and fruit in autumn – if you plant the right mix of male and female vines, writes gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON. 

Wine

A lesson in wine at the old schoolhouse

Wine writer RICHARD CALVER sits up straight and pays attention as he gets a lesson from master winemaker Ken Helm in a former schoolhouse, a tiny wooden structure, built in 1888.

Dining

New faces filling tummies around the bay

On a recent venture to the south coast, dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON  "happily munched my way through new and relatively new dining spots in Batemans Bay, and around Mogo and Mossy Point." 

Wine

Hounded into a fun day in Gundaroo

"We tried a large array of table wines on the day, as well as a delightful fortified, a muscat, that was intense and went very well with coffee." Wine writer RICHARD CALVER visits Gundog Estate.

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