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Source: State Library of NSW  For the first time, visitors to the State Library can explore five centuries of cartography from around the world in one place with the opening of the new Map Rooms.    Across two beautiful rooms visitors will find some of the most important maps, globes and navigation instruments from the Library’s maps collection – arguably the most significant in Australia.  According to State Librarian John Vallance: “The Map Rooms have been designed for everyone, but we hope they will also encourage specialist cartographic research.” One of the major hig...

Greystone Theatre goes virtual with production of Dylan Thomas drama Under Milk Wood, first written as a radio play by the famous Welsh poet, will be performed live and virtually by 26 U of S students. Author of the article: Matt Olson Publishing date: Feb 11, 2021  •  February 11, 2021  •  2 minute read  •  Dwayne Brenna, the director of the Greystone Theatre production of Under Milk Wood, said the challenges of working online during COVID-19 has pushed everyone to do their best work. Photo by Gord Waldner /The StarPhoenix Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and pro...

Bell Phillips has completed a red-brick extension to a grammar school in Kent, England, featuring gabled facades and architectural details that reference its historic surroundings. The London studio headed by Tim Bell and Hari Phillips designed the new Mitchell Building for The Skinners' School in Royal Tunbridge Wells. Top image: Gable ends reference the Gothic style. Above: The new red brick building blends in with victorian structures The school was established by the Worshipful Company of Skinners in 1887. Its original buildings were designed by architect E. H. Burnell in the Gothic reviv...

Advertisement Plans to build a small bar on the roof of the heritage-listed Mitchell building at the State Library has been revived by the Berejiklian government in a bid to lure more visitors to the historic site. As part of the NSW government's November pandemic budget, $12.3 million was set aside for Australia's oldest library, which will include a "small function venue" accessible from the Domain. An artist's impression of a planned rooftop small bar atop the State Library. The small bar will cater for 120 patrons and will operate seven days a week until midnight. The government faced har...