The Drawing Room

Can children's music be entertaining for adults as well?

That's one of the challenges that sisters Byll and Beth Stephen set themselves when they started Teeny Tiny Stevies as a side-project.

It's been a very successful experiment and the band is three albums in, with songs about everything from emotional intelligence to anaphylaxis.

David McAllister was a principal dancer with the Australian Ballet, and has performed to royalty in Britain and party leaders in Soviet Russia. He went on to become the company's longest serving artistic director.

But before all of that, David was a small boy in 1970s Perth, who loved performing every chance he got.

In his final year as artistic director, David has published his memoir, Soar, which looks back over a life in dance.

David McAllister was a principal dancer with the Australian Ballet, and has performed to royalty in Britain and party leaders in Soviet Russia. He went on to become the company's longest serving artistic director.

But before all of that, David was a small boy in 1970s Perth, who loved performing every chance he got.

In his final year as artistic director, David has published his memoir, Soar, which looks back over a life in dance.

As a senior partner at Arnold Bloch Leibler, Mark Leibler has represented some of Australia's richest business people.

He's talked to pretty much every political leader in recent memory and has even been friends with some of them.

Leibler has argued with treasurers over tax policy, done significant pro bono work for Indigenous groups and been a powerful advocate for the Jewish community.

But who is he? That's the subject of a new biography by Michael Gawenda, called The Powerbroker.

As a senior partner at Arnold Bloch Leibler, Mark Leibler has represented some of Australia's richest business people.

He's talked to pretty much every political leader in recent memory and has even been friends with some of them.

Leibler has argued with treasurers over tax policy, done significant pro bono work for Indigenous groups and been a powerful advocate for the Jewish community.

But who is he? That's the subject of a new biography by Michael Gawenda, called The Powerbroker.

A drinks night with two mariachi music loving besties is where the idea for Australia's only all-female mariachi band was borne.

The Queen of Hearts looked to New York for their inspiration where the world's only other all-female mariachi band is based.

They have spent the year composing their own music, making the most of the Covid lockdown.

A drinks night with two mariachi music loving besties is where the idea for Australia's only all-female mariachi band was borne.

The Queen of Hearts looked to New York for their inspiration where the world's only other all-female mariachi band is based.

They have spent the year composing their own music, making the most of the Covid lockdown.

When Richard Falk steps out of a car, he walks into a community that despises him. He is a policeman sent to a country town to solve a murder.

It's the starting point for the best-selling novel The Dry that's now been turned into a movie starring Eric Bana.

When Richard Falk steps out of a car, he walks into a community that despises him. He is a policeman sent to a country town to solve a murder.

It's the starting point for the best-selling novel The Dry that's now been turned into a movie starring Eric Bana.

Throw away those dating apps and find out how to really experience love with ancient Persian poetry.

Mahdi Mohammadi is an Afghan man who says poetry can guide us through life, give us better imaginations and make us happier.