Sunday, February 26th, 2012

Head to Head

Graffiti: art or menace?

It ranges from ugly tagging to quirky stencils left anonymously in the dead of night and huge murals commissioned by local governments. Graffiti, particularly when it is uncommissioned, divides generations and critics. Is this urban art form masterful...
Fri, February 17, 2012, 12:31 pm WST
Are beauty pageants sexist?

Most of us are guilty of landing on a broadcast of a beauty pageant while channel surfing and sticking around for a while to put in our two cents over the standard of stunning women on display. Too much spray tan. I think she's had hair extensions, or...
Fri, January 27, 2012, 1:02 pm WST
Should thongs be banned from pubs?

They come in all different shapes and sizes, from double-pluggers to Swarovski-encrusted designer Havaianas, and there’s no doubt they have a special place in the Aussie lifestyle. But the humble thong is under threat from the door police. Should...
Fri, January 20, 2012, 12:27 pm WST
Illegal downloads: right or wrong?

The first in our series of blogs where writers take opposite sides of the ring on the topics everyone loves to argue about. Pay the bakery for your breadSIMON COLLINS, MUSIC EDITORA man walks into a bakery. He loves their bread, so he takes two loaves...
Thu, December 15, 2011, 12:33 pm WST