Acclaimed Americana duo Gillian Welch and David Rawlings return to Australia for just the third time ever this month, playing a string of theatre shows in Sydney and Melbourne across two weeks.

In 2018, a galaxy about 270 million light-years away from Earth exhibited a major increase in activity. It quieted down again by 2020 -- only to dramatically increase its output again in 2023.

Gillian Rhys has contributed to the SCMP for a decade. She has been an editor at the BBC, LUXE City Guides and delicious magazine and has written about travel and lifestyle for the likes of the ...