marcus westbury

I was commissioned by Meanjin late last year to write an essay about the role that funding bodies play in Australian culture.  It appears in the current edition of the magazine and is now available online. Meanjin is one of Australia’s oldest and most esteemed literary journals and one that is currently enjoying a renaissance [...]

I am not sure whether I should chalk this one up as a plus or a minus.
Those of you who follow my TV adventures as closely as I do (OK, no one!) will remember, Not Quite Art took out the highly competitive “best arts show of the year” in 2007’s Sydney Morning Herald “Couch Potato” [...]

I’d resisted posting this for a while because i wasn’t exactly sure how to introduce it.
Part of me was tempted to launch into an elaboration of my theory of why and how Adelaide is the least interesting cultural place in all of Australia. It is. Honest.
Part of me was tempted to elaborate on the highly [...]

One of the strange things about being on television is that it creates the impression that you’re busy, jetsetting and living some sort of glamorous, high profile existence. To be fair, i did get to go to the Logies but it isn’t all tedious and bizarre nights surrounded by people who dig up people’s gardens, [...]

The second episode of Not Quite Art Series Two goes to air on TV on ABC1 across Australia at 10pm local time tonight.
If you’re in Australia, it is possible to download all episodes of the series in full and for free from the ABC web site. However as a lot of people have observed this [...]

The new series of Not Quite Art begins on ABC1 tonight at 10pm. You should also be able to download it from 10pm tonight from the ABC web site.
Here’s also a little piece i wrote the relates to the content of tonight’s episode.
Anyhow, I thought i’d open up a thread here for anyone who might [...]

I was googling myself this morning – as i should confess that i can be a bit prone to doing at times – and i noticed the strangest thing. Someone has bought my name!
Google “marcus westbury” yourself and see.
Sadly, it hasn’t been bought by a global a talent agency, or by that Nigerian prince’s family [...]

Expect much more on this as the months roll on but i’ve finally gone public about what I’ve been running around proposing for the Newcastle CBD. It’s so crazy it just might work.
Courtesy of ABC Radio 1233 (you can hear the interview and see some pictures here)…

Vacant shopfronts in the Newcastle CBD should be opened [...]