Opinion
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Oral history valued in historic book
A review of South Flows the Pearl: Chinese Australian Voices by Mavis Gock Yen South Flows the Pearl: Chinese Australian Voices is a book of…
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Restless-ly tense and funny French thriller
Restless Starring Frack Gastambide, Michaël Abiteboul and Simon Abkarian Rated MA15+ 4.5/5 A French remake of the South Korean film A Hard Day, Restless is…
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Are you on the hunt for a local theatre show?
The 1812 Theatre The History Boys. The 1812 Theatre’s October production was Alan Bennett’s The History Boys. A story of a mythical boys grammar school…
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What’s on in the Yarra Ranges theatres
The Bakery at 1812 Theatre presents The History Boys The play opens in Cutlers’ Grammar School, Sheffield, a fictional boys grammar school in the north…
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Roundtable of “Reader Development”
The 2022 Cities of Literature Network Meeting recently took place in Melbourne, attended by representatives from 26 of the world’s 42 Cities of Literature. This…
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FILM REVIEW: Dual’s acting as dry as a desert
Dual Starring Karen Gillan, Karen Gillan and Aaron Paul Rated M 3/5 Dual is a sadly insubstantial sci-fi satire. Sarah (Karen Gillan), a terminally ill…
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CARTOON: pesky potholes
Pesky potholes littering roads in the Yarra Ranges are bothering Danny Zemp and many other residents.
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3000 years of longing equals 108 minutes of bliss
Three Thousand Years of Longing Starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba Rated M 4.5/5 Directed by George Miller and based on a short story by…
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Prey a pretty peerless popcorn flick
Prey Starring Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers and Michelle Thrush Rated MA15+ 4.5/5 The fifth film in the Predator franchise, Prey joins The Northman as another…
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CARTOON: Text Scam
Danny Zemp thinks text scams could potentially be used for all sorts of nefarious purposes…
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Book Week Q&A with author Eliza Henry-Jones
1. What are you currently reading? This Devastating Fever by Sophie Cunningham – it’s brilliant. 2. What book had the biggest impact on your life…
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A journey of self-discovery
A review of Bewildered by Laura Waters Bewildered, by local author Laura Waters, reminds this reviewer of Wild, the 2012 memoir by American author Cheryl…
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