Alexander Cothren

Nov 28, 2024 | dailybulletin.com.au | Alexander Cothren

Arts and health is a broad field defined by its use of the arts to improve health and wellbeing. Practitioners make use of different artistic mediums such as visual arts, creative writing, music, dance, photography and more. This work can take place in hospitals, aged care homes, community centres, theatres, libraries, music festivals and beyond. Arts and health can be the use of music to slow down the heart rate of premature babies.

Aug 21, 2024 | theconversation.com | Jo Case |Aidan Coleman |Alexander Cothren |Alexander Howard |Ali Mohammad Alizadeh |Amanda Tink | +44 more

Like so many avid readers around the world, I was fascinated by the recent New York Times list of the Best Books of the 21st century, as voted by 503 authors, critics and book lovers. But like many Australians, I was disappointed to see no Australian books on the list. Even those authors who’ve made a splash in the US literary scene this century – Helen Garner, Gerald Murnane, Maria Tumarkin – didn’t get a guernsey. That’s where we come in.

Aug 15, 2024 | theconversation.com | Alexander Cothren |Robert Phiddian

In late April, comedian Jerry Seinfeld went on the New Yorker Radio Hour and re-opened the debate that refuses to die.