Miscellaneous words in packets called sentences and paragraphs.
A few years ago, I didn’t want children because the stakes seemed too high in the anxiety department. But my partner did. Let me tell you, my friend, there is much joy ahead. Relax. But do brace yourself for a personality transplant. And keep these things in mind. Continue reading
I love Magda Szubanski. I’ve loved her since I was a kid. She’s a true comic. Her humour is borne out of acerbic intelligence and astute observation. She can pull a fully formed character out of the collective unconscious and breathe them into being.
Reckoning is expansive and it covers all of her life from early childhood to today. Instead of being delivered through a ‘story of my success’ type framework, Magda is ensconced in her heritage and history. Continue reading
Thank you for your very kind letter.
My initial tax meeting with your very pleasant sub-contracting accountant concluded with a statement I was not expecting to hear. Not the mellifluous, “you’ll be getting a refund of a grand.” Rather, the strong and discordant, “you owe the tax office two thousand dollars.”
To be honest, I wasn’t sure I’d like it. It was quaint. But dinky. No place for a city chick. The roads were narrow. You could hide an orphanage in the potholes. And it was creepy, all those doilies. Continue reading
HER is a film that is both entirely formulaic and completely original.
Galeria Aniela, Kangaroo ValleyWhat strikes you first about Fred Cress’s latest exhibition is the richness of colour; pure blacks, pure whites, and every jaundice yellow and bloody red in-between. His large, caricature-like depictions are iconic images of people known to us from society; recognisable, but unidentifiable. Continue reading
Philomena (directed by Stephen Frears) is a film based on the book by Martin Sixsmith about the true life story of Philomena Lee, who as a pregnant teenager, was forced into Roscrea Sacred Heart convent for four years. Continue reading
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My best life advice for my children
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Zen & the Art of Washing Dishes
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Goes down easy and explodes at a pre-set level
Powerhouse PJ Harvey on Hope Six Tour
Military Blunders in the War Against Terror
The Natural Way of Things: Review
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Things I Never Knew Until I was a Parent
The Fracture & Other Shorts
Reckoning by Magda Szubanski
Panic Hour
Inside the Kings Cross Medically Supervised Injecting Centre
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