Movie Review: Brothers’ Nest
With so many movies coming out at the moment a movie has to be good to make it onto my must see list.Brothers’ Nest is one such movie. The makers…
Browsing: Inspiration
Movie Review: Edie
Edie is one of the most delightful, inspiring movies you will see, and I really hope you make time to see it. Sheila Hancock is simply magnificent.
Happy Flowers Week
Life is full of light and shade and as you know I prefer to focus on the positive, always looking for the laughs in life. I promise I will do…
Movie Review: Disobedience
With so many movies to see at the moment it takes a lot to make a movie stand out and be memorable. While I know little about the Orthodox Jewish…
Review: Tea With The Dames movie
What a delight, an absolute treat. It’s not every day you get to sit down with four icons and reminisce. Tea With The Dames provides an intimate look at what it takes…
The Grand Orient in The Melbourne Hotel
Finally the scaffolding is down and we can re enter The Melbourne Hotel. I’d watched for weeks as the iron girders were replaced with a giant decorative ribbon wrapping around…
Perth Comedy Festival 2018 Review
Okay so we’re nearing the end of the 2018 Perth Comedy Festival. Hopefully you’ve managed to get out to at least a couple of shows. If not here’s a recap…
Perth Comedy Festival 2018: Review and Tips
Can I make a suggestion? If you live in Perth and you’re having trouble contacting a friend between now and May 20th don’t panic. Before you call in the tracker…
Review: Early Man Movie
I can’t think of a better movie to recommend for the school holidays than Early Man, and that’s for adults as well as kids. If you liked Wallace and Gromit, and…
Review: Sculpture By The Sea, Cottesloe 2018
As summer officially calls it a day, March will see Cottesloe Beach swarming with around 200,000 people checking out Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe. Make that 200,001 as I was…
Movie review: The Mercy
Must admit I wasn’t too sure about this one. As a person who gets seasick in the bath I hoped it wasn’t going to be filmed with realistic hand held…
Ed Sheeran Perth Concert with Missy Higgins
Wow what a concert! And what a way to open the new Perth Stadiums music sheet. With a busy week behind me and another coming up I don’t have time…
Australia Day in Perth 2018
This year I decided to do something different for Australia Day. Instead of getting the place ready and waiting for mates to come over I went out for a cruise…
Perth Festival Writers Week 2018
Change is as good as a rest, or so they say. One thing’s for sure 2017 festival director Katherine Dorrington definitely deserved a break. Having delivered 12 terrific festivals the…
2017 The Year of Humanity
The following piece appears in my monthly column for Swan Magazine. Is it just me or do these end of year columns seem to be coming around quicker every 12…
In Cahoots: Aboriginal Art exhibition
Eighteen months ago leading independent artists (both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal) began an ambitious plan to hold residencies in remote and regional Aboriginal art centres across Australia. Over one hundred artists took…
Three Summers Movie Review
Three Summers is the latest cracking comedy from the ever insightful Ben Elton. It’s always interesting to hear an outsiders take on where you live. Even more interesting is an…
Just Make A Decision
Writing this month’s magazine article is a little strange as I am effectively arguing against my own profession. For nearly thirty years I’ve been researching consumer behaviour then feeding the…
