Going into the holiday season, I really craved something easy to read. Whilst I love my pretentious ‘literature’ fiction, reading them all the time gets a bit much for the brain. It’s like dining on high-end cuisine when occasionally you …
Above: Floor fabrics used to clothe the dancers. Photo credit (above and featured): Sammi Landweer.
This early Sydney Festival 2024 event is a raw romp full of enchanting creativity, joy, stamina and colour. Its flow features a massive crescendo of …
There is immediate magic in the venue as we enter the State Theatre. Rick Thomas Illusionist has invited us into his Mansion of Dreams. A magnificent location to ask that we should suspend our disbelief for an interactive and engaging …
The first great film of 2024, DREAM SCENARIO.
A dream scenario, DREAM SCENARIO is a fantastic film, literally and figuratively, one with audacity and imagination, a film that flips things on their head.
Many are cult but few are chosen, …
A new novel from Louis de Bernieres promises so much. The famed author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin and many other titles, along with a substantial catalogue of poetry, is indeed a superb wordsmith. But in this new novel that …
This program has just celebrated its 35 Year Anniversary in November. 35 years ago I was approached by the then General Manager of Dymocks, Greg Milne, to start the program. He and I had worked at Myer previously and had …
Epicetus was a Greek philosopher who lived between 50-135AD. He had some interesting to say. Here is a fascinating quote.
“Sickness is a hindrance to the body but not the will, unless the will consents. Lameness is a hindrance to …
Visitors can now discover the fearless creativity of the famed French–American artist Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) in the major exhibition Louise Bourgeois: Has the Day Invaded the Night or Has the Night Invaded the Day?, exclusive to Sydney and …
‘The Power of One’ was the title of Bryce Courtney’s hugely successful novel, set in south Africa in the 1930s and 1940s. And charts the journey of a fictional character, an English boy Peekay, who grows up to achieve remarkable …
Long before becoming a television phenomenon in As Time Goes By, long before her seven outings as 007’ s boss M, long before her Oscar win in Shakespeare In Love, Judie Dench was a jobbing actress playing many of Shakespeare’s …