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Virginia Trioli

Melbourne

Journalist and broadcaster, host of Mornings on ABC Radio Melbourne. Find me on the ABC Listen app! My own views, always.

Articles

  • 2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Virginia Trioli

    The troubled and sometimes estranged daughter of the musical genius Brian Wilson famously described her young life waking each morning to the same song being played by her father at full volume. Every single day. Carnie Wilson, herself an accomplished musician, said she would wake to the first heartbeat-like thumps of the song echoing through the house: DUM. Da-da da DUM.

  • 3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Virginia Trioli

    I don't usually set my friends homework before I agree to catch up with them, but I had questions — many, detailed questions, and only someone who worked in the emergency room of a public hospital was going to be able to answer them. And to do that, my highly skilled, incredibly busy friend Nadine was going to have to sit down and watch all 15 episodes of The Pitt.

  • 4 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Virginia Trioli

    The long, woven eel trap in pale native grasses hovers above me. I've stepped through the new mirrored entrance into the redeveloped Potter Museum of Art at the University of Melbourne; the building has become a monumental recognition and celebration of the artistic visions of the oldest continuing culture on earth.

  • 1 month ago | abc.net.au | Virginia Trioli

    "The axe forgets, but the tree remembers."Arvel Skeen, AndorI suspect the world is divided into two groups: those who worship Star Wars and can spend hours arguing over the complexities of far-flung corners of its universe; and those who swipe left and close the app immediately they see that someone has mentioned George Lucas' creation as one of their great loves.

  • 1 month ago | abc.net.au | Virginia Trioli

    You know someone's all out of runway for their cause when they start throwing around words like "decency". At the 11th hour to the start of this year's film festival in the glittering French coastal resort of Cannes — the same town that once banned the public "modest dressing" of the burkini from its beaches — decided to ban overly revealing dresses on the red carpet, all in pursuit of what authorities call "decency". Neither can you wear a long train that will stop "the smooth flow of guests".

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