Separate stories podcast

Little Red Riding Hood dates back two thousand years and has transformed over time. These days, it’s no longer the blood bath it once was. A new exhibition at the Ian Potter Museum in Melbourne explores how fairy tales have changed over the centuries, moving with the social and political setting.

Every year the Grattan Institute creates a list of book recommendations for the Prime Minister to read. What do you think of the list?

Find out what's on children's author and illustrator Sally Rippin's Top Shelf.

The golden sandstone of Sydney, reimagined in the early days of white settlement.

Jonathan Holloway, Melbourne Festival's artistic director, is obsessed with American cabaret star Taylor Mac

Lubaina Himid is the the oldest and the first black woman to win the famous visual arts prize.

The Owl and the Pussy Cat by Edward Lear was voted Britain's favourite poem in 2014. British author Jenny Uglow speaks about her new biography of the poet and artist, Mr Lear: A Life of Art and Nonsense.

Does the new novel by Martian author, Andy Weir, live up to the hype? And does he get the female lead right?

Aboriginal artist Nyaparu William Gardiner's works depict lonely men against a sparse Pilbara landscape.

RN Science Friction presenter Natasha Mitchell with her best read for the year: Oliver Sack's posthumous collection of essays The River of Consciousness.