Raw-boned Music Returns With Beefweek

ONE sweaty night while murdering schooners and soaking up the unpolished ambience at one of the last old-school pubs standing, Wickham's Lass O'Gowrie Hotel, an uninitiated punter asked me what to expect from the Australian Beefweek Show.

Sex Sells, And With The Write Stuff, Wins Awards

A FEW years ago, Ellen Rodger set up a writing course called Sex and the City: Write Like Carrie. It was inspired by a certain TV show and was designed to teach writers how to write about sex.

Big Dry No Bar To Wheat's Appeal

DESPITE years of drought and concerns about the long-term productivity of marginal land, Australian farmers last year planted more wheat than ever before, latest figures show.