A new centre researching the history of music theatre in Australia may seem like music lite, but according to its director Peter Wyllie Johston, to overlook the form’s influence in Australian cultural life would be a grave oversight. By Ryan Sheales.

The University of Melbourne’s cultural collections are a rich and rare treasury that has proved a source of fascination and inspiration for generations of students, staff and the wider community. Gabrielle Murphy reports.

Just as mums- and dads-to-be attend parenting classes, dogs also need help adapting to life with a new baby. By Nerissa Hannink.

University of Melbourne psychologist Nick Haslam is correct when he writes in his newest book that the “psychology of excretion may at first appear to be an unpromising topic for a book”, but even more so when he adds that it is, however, “crucially important and endlessly fascinating.” By Katherine Smith.

From mid-medieval France to modern day Melbourne, retired University of Melbourne classicist John Martyn has traced the life of a valuable “Unknown Gregorian Manuscript”. By Katherine Smith.

With the Cultural Treasures Festival coming up in July, Katherine Smith previews an exhibition exploring the books that have shaped western thought.