With on-demand services thriving and viewer numbers falling, is the golden age of TV over? Canvas8 spoke with Alan Wolk, author ofOver the top: How the internet is slowly (but surely) changing the television industry, about how TV will adapt and whether the traditional ad model will survive.

That effortless sense of style and just-so way of carrying oneself – some people have it and some don’t. But how exactly do we determine what is and isn’t cool? Joel Dinerstein, author ofThe Origins of Cool in Postwar America, explains the origin of ‘cool’ and its evolution over the decades.

Despite the fact that around 11% of Australians identify as LGBTQI, just 5% of characters in TV dramas between 2011 and 2015 were non-straight. Looking to tackle this lack of representation,Starting From Nowis a web series following the complicated lives of its four lesbian protagonists.

Two years after debuting on Broadway, Hamilton – a contemporary musical about immigrant-turned-Founding Father Alexander Hamilton – is grossing nearly $2 million a week. How did this hip-hop musical with an ultra-diverse cast become a cultural phenomenon both on-stage and off?