Features Archives : Alexandra Spring

How they stay together: what 68 long-term couples taught me about love

Alexandra Spring — Sun, 30 May 2021 02:00:56 +0000

“There were times when I think we could have come close to splitting,” says academic David Christian. Author Chardi Christian, his wife of 50 years, nods. “[But] we worked hard at not [splitting],” says David, “and in fact I think we both really didn’t want to split.” Being in a relationship that endures is something […]

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Valentine’s Day: six things we learned from asking couples how they stay together

Alexandra Spring — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 01:26:25 +0000

Everyone knows that couple: the one that endures no matter what life throws at them. So how do they do it Over the last few months, we’ve asked 15 couples that question – and, as Tolstoy suggested when he wrote “all happy families are alike”, there were some common themes. Friendship is key Almost every […]

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The history of wastefulness: Today’s trash challenge – podcast

Alexandra Spring — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 00:57:10 +0000

Alexandra Spring explores how our relationship with rubbish has evolved over time, beginning on a boat sailing across the Pacific Ocean

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‘Precious works of art’ Akira Isogawa celebrated in retrospective

Alexandra Spring — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 19:26:46 +0000

A major new exhibition showcases the 25-year career and creativity of the talented Australian designer

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David Goldblatt’s photographs: documenting the casual horror of apartheid South Africa

Alexandra Spring — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 21:07:31 +0000

Goldblatt’s photographs capture the understated unease of living an ordinary life in a society that was anything but normal The photograph makes me squirm. Four young women, cling-wrapped in awkward swimsuits and perched on high heels, stand on display. One smirks, the other three look unsure. They clutch their competition numbers and present their naked […]

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‘Growing wave of feminist energy’: Julia Gillard on Clinton, Ardern and #MeToo

Alexandra Spring — Sat, 05 May 2018 22:18:34 +0000

Former Australian PM discusses the role of gender in leadership at Sydney writers’ festival Julia Gillard has called for the #MeToo movement to broaden out to include ordinary women who face sexual abuse, exploitation and harassment in the workplace. The former Australian prime minister praised the movement for its energy, activism and the way it is bringing […]

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Margot Robbie practises her Oscars face – video

Alexandra Spring — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 03:59:55 +0000

The Australian actor has been nominated for her first Academy Award for her role as US figure skater Tonya Harding in the film I, Tonya. Here she practises her Oscars face in preparation for the big night Published on Guardian Australia on 24 January 2018 as Margot Robbie practises her Oscars face – video

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An Evening with Germaine Greer review – hour-long ramble misses the #MeToo moment

Alexandra Spring — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 21:24:53 +0000

A timely keynote from one of the world’s leading feminists promised much but delivered little It was the night after the women of Hollywood declared “time’s up” in a globally televised event. The night after the BBC was taken to taskabout pay inequality. The night after another alleged serial sexual predator was unmasked in Australia. Germaine Greer was delivering a […]

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‘I didn’t think it was right morally’: the businesses refusing to pass on penalty rate cuts

Alexandra Spring — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 23:58:56 +0000

From national chains to bike shops, business owners around the country say it is bad for business to reduce the pay of their employees On Sunday the Fair Work Commission’s controversial cuts to penalty rates took effect across the country, affecting thousands of workers in the retail, pharmacy, fast-food and hospitality industries. But there were some companies, […]

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Married at First Sight: ludicrous reality show offers flicker of hope in a cynical world

Alexandra Spring — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 22:14:30 +0000

Channel Nine’s series is a compulsory TV engagement in which the participants are just hoping to survive the perils of dating Last night, 1.3 million Australians uttered the same phrase at exactly the same time: “Finally!” Finally air hostess/model Nadia called bullshit on perennially smug race caller Anthony. On a romantic date, as the pair […]

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