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2 months ago | 
qantas.com | Sophie Cunningham |Bridget De Maine
San Francisco has been welcoming visitors since the Gold Rush of 1849, through the countercultural 1960s and ’70s to the present day. The entrepreneurial spirit is strong here. It’s a small city that has always punched well above its weight as a centre of both business and leisure. These days it’s a financial capital, home to major global companies and thousands of start-ups and local businesses. The city is well-versed in hosting conferences and other big events.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Sophie Cunningham
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at Sydney’s Maritime Museum can’t but prompt questions about the role of art and photography in an age of environmental collapse and extinction. It consists of 100 photographs on loan from the Natural History Museum in London, chosen from close to 50,000 entries from 95 countries. They are arresting, sometimes stunningly beautiful, sometimes confronting.
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Mar 1, 2024 | 
thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Sophie Cunningham
In the first column, written in what would be a short, generous, extraordinary 10 months in this paper, Georgia Blain described the instant her life changed: “It was a Thursday. I was in an ambulance, and Andrew was up the front with the driver. An older guy – bald, serious – was sitting at my feet … Apparently I’d had a total global seizure when I was mowing the lawn.”I have always been in awe of Georgia’s bravery as a writer.
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Jan 26, 2024 | 
thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Sophie Cunningham
The third National Gallery of Victoria Triennial is an expansive affair that showcases the work of 120 artists and designers spread across four floors and the mezzanine of Melbourne’s iconic gallery. It begins before you enter the gallery – Julian Charrière’s And Beneath It All Flows Liquid Fire (2019) flickers behind the water wall while an extraordinary eight-metre-long bronze eel trap, created by Wurundjeri artist Aunty Kim Wandin, sits in the moat.
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Nov 10, 2023 | 
thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Sophie Cunningham
“I’d rather take a picture than be one,” Lee Miller once said, during the height of her fame as a fashion model. That line is now a well-chosen quote on display at the extraordinary survey of her photographs showing at the Heide Museum of Modern Art. It’s a must-see not just for lovers of photography but for anyone interested in the history of the mid-20th century – a century to which Miller had a front-row seat.
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Oct 1, 2023 | 
crikey.com.au | Sophie Cunningham
Call me perverse, but when I found my name on the list of books that have been fed into Books3 — a database used to train generative AI programs — I felt relief. Finally, some transparency on the origins of AI! Finally, some understanding of the importance of copyright! Maybe now we could push back on claims, made by big tech and others, that Australia needs to loosen up its copyright laws if entrepreneurial tech is to flourish here.
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May 17, 2023 | 
smh.com.au | Sophie Cunningham
Save Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it ENVIRONMENT The Power of TreesPeter WohllebenBlack Inc., $34.99 By trade Peter Wohlleben is, or was, a German forester, and his 2015 book The Hidden Life of Trees has sold more than 3 million copies worldwide. Since that success Wohlleben has started his own magazine, a podcast, and has been on a TV show that was - sort of - a German version of Survivor, as well as publishing several more books.
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May 17, 2023 | 
nationaltribune.com.au | Sophie Cunningham
Common Name: Blue Chequered Cuckoo BeeLatin Name: Thyreus caeruleopunctatusSaturday, 20 May is World Bee Day and we’re turning our attention to one of Bayside’s local native bee species the incredible Blue Chequered Cuckoo Bee. This native bee has striking iridescent blue and black colouration and demonstrates resourcefulness and adaptability, enabling it to thrive in its native Australian environment.
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May 17, 2023 | 
nationaltribune.com.au | Sophie Cunningham
Reg Howard-Smith appointed inaugural chair of the Resources Community Investment Initiative Advisory Committee Advisory Committee also includes representatives from government agencies and the Chamber of Minerals and Energy Expression of Interest process launched to match contributions to RCII projects The McGowan Government has today appointed the inaugural chair of its State-first Resources Community Investment Initiative (RCII), launching an Expression of Interest process for companies to...
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May 17, 2023 | 
thehills.nsw.gov.au | Sophie Cunningham
Published on 18 May 2023
Author Sophie Cunningham will visit Castle Hill Library on May 27 as part of the Sydney Writers’ Festival, a celebration of all things writing, literature and creative ideas.
Sophie, the author of nine books, will discuss her latest page-turner, This Devastating Fever, which was shortlisted for a Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, at the one-time special event.
