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This is not what you might expect from a feminist art show. Patricia Cronin's All Is Not Lost expo at the Newcomb Art Gallery is in many ways like stepping into the past.

Once upon a time, in Paris at the start of the previous century, art and money had a cozy relationship that was just as problematic as our own today.

Why you're most attractive at 8 months. Why veggies are better than Botox. Why women like men like their fathers .

Moira Finucane makes an exquisite corpse... as viewers of the ABC TV series Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries now know.

Many years ago, I had a brief sojourn in Paris, during which I became interested in the American expatriate experience.A I took moonlit strolls along La Seine, studied the reliefs of the Arc de Triomphe, stood at the top of the Eiffel Tower on a starlit night, climbed the stairs of Montmartre's Rue Foyatier, and listened to an organ concerto at ... (more)

It is the closest the moon gets to planet Earth for a year and coincides almost exactly with a full moon over Tasmania.

Last week, we wrote about the women of the Edwards trial , and how they each seem to fit into stock characterizations, as if made for a Lifetime movie: the loyal wife; the brave, silent daughter; the frail, wealthy donor; the gold-digging, Medusa-esque mistress.

If you are going to chat with New York based artist Audrey Flack, she might ask you about the color of your lipstick, particularly if it is a shade of classic red as worn by iconic women, say Marilyn Monroe.

Startling evidence suggests the ancient Egyptians understood the inner mechanics of a binary star system, spinning through our skies 93 light years away, more than 3,200 years ago.