Tom Oliver

Sep 3, 2024 | inreview.com.au | PHIL BROWN |Cameron Pegg |Tom Oliver

The centre of gravity for the arts in Queensland might just be moving north, with Townsville its epicentre during the North Australian Festival of Arts, from September 26 to October 13. Launched in 2019 off the back of Townsville’s Commonwealth Games project Festival 2018, the North Australian Festival of Arts (NAFA) was a massive success in its first year, spurring Townsville City Council to make the festival a part of the city’s annual events calendar.

Sep 1, 2024 | inreview.com.au | Suzie Keen |Graham Strahle |Tom Oliver |PHIL BROWN

A cellist turned conductor, Umberto Clerici is one of Australia’s highest-profile musicians. The surprise was that in 2021, he left the Sydney Symphony Orchestra as its principal cellist to take up the position of chief conductor of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra last year. How he still finds time to play chamber music is anybody’s guess, but this marvellous concert was all the more special for it. This smartly turned out Italian musician gathered some fine friends for the occasion.

Oct 26, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Tom Oliver

The phenomena associated with climate change and land use change form a mix with dangerous and unpredictable consequences for human life on this planet.

Apr 11, 2023 | psychologytoday.com | Tom Oliver

Pick up any mainstream book about solving the climate and biodiversity crisis, such as Bill Gates’ book about climate change, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, or Dieter Helm’s book, Natural Capital, and you'd be forgiven for thinking that technology and economics are the only solutions available. But another view is gaining ground, centred on the importance of ‘inner change’ to the mindsets and worldviews of everyday people.