It seems everyone who encountered satirist John Clarke has a story about his generosity and humour. Sam Neill, Gina Riley and Lano and Woodley are among those sharing their memories for a special ABC tribute.

Queenstown artist Raymond Arnold wins the Glover Prize 2017, Australia's richest landscape painting prize, a decade after his first win.

The Syrian civil war seems like a world away, but an installation at this year's Adelaide Festival is bringing victims' stories alive, writes ABC reporter Caroline Winter.

Video shows a plane piloted by Star Wars and Indiana Jones star Harrison Ford suddenly and mistakenly fly low over a passenger jet with 110 people aboard at a Southern California airport.

Remnants of the 130-tonne, 250-metre-long toxic mass of sewage, fat, grease and rubbish found clogging a sewer last year go on display at the Museum of London to preserve a symbol of contemporary history.

After a horrific skydiving accident, and the post-traumatic stress that followed, Brad Guy has finally landed on his feet.

Country music trio The McClymonts take out three gongs, including best group or duo of the year, as Kasey Chambers becomes the newest inductee into the Roll of Renown at the 2018 Golden Guitar Awards in Tamworth.

In China, the ancient art of paper cutting is seen as high culture but a new project aims to bring it to the masses in Australia.

Emergency services respond to more than 500 calls for help as Territorians celebrate cracker night, but the fun ended with injuries for 24 revellers, including eight children.

Australian children's author Mem Fox has made more than 100 trips to the US over the years, but now says she is unlikely to ever go there again after her wrongful detainment by immigration officials at LA Airport earlier this month.

If you want to know who's going to win the Oscars, your best bet is the bookmakers.

Donald and Melania Trump wanted to borrow a Van Gogh painting from New York's Guggenheim Museum, but are instead offered a working solid-gold toilet made by an Italian artist.

Tasmania's prime convict-era farm at Longford near Launceston gets a new visitor centre, with galleries and a restaurant, to attract more tourists and secure its future.

It's harder than ever to make money in the film industry, but there are some winning avenues — and aspiring film-makers would do well to consider the key trends.

When the Adelaide Fringe Festival became a legal organisation in 1975, founding chairman Frank Ford never expected it to grow to be the world's second-largest annual arts festival — and all without tapping into the unrealised potential of interstate audiences.

Florence's famed Duomo is cleaning up its act, removing centuries of graffiti from the cathedral dome interior and letting new visitors leave their mark digitally instead.

The critically acclaimed American rapper becomes the first artist of colour to take out top spot on triple j's annual Hottest 100. Take a look back over our live blog.

From the revival of baking, pickling and beards to the fetishisation of former public housing and terraces, austerity nostalgia has taken prominence in our cultural landscape. But one expert believes it's also obscuring our political reality.

Does Missy Higgins or Nick Cave have the more verbose lyrics? And between Courtney Barnett, Paul Kelly and Kasey Chambers, whose lyrics are more readable?

Stop fretting and start writing: New Yorker veteran and writing teacher John McPhee shares his favourite writing tips, alongside four Australian authors.

Marcus Gomes is 20 years old, packs a slight frame and — with not one A-League goal to his name — has become one of the hottest signings in Australian soccer.

Who will win, who should win and who could cause the biggest upset at this year's Academy Awards?

Kendrick Lamar wins triple j's Hottest 100 countdown with his song HUMBLE. Relive the countdown with our playlist of the top 10 songs.

Australia's media has long had an appetite for crime figures. Now the story of "the mother of all crime gangs", Ellen Kelly, has been unearthed.

It is almost impossible to fathom director and performer Jonathon Young's personal story of tragedy, which he has drawn on to create the powerful dance theatre show Betroffenheit.