Category Archives: Culture

We’ve just been to see the film Gravity in 3D. Ever since I was a lad and man first ventured into space, I wanted desperately to be an astronaut. Not any more! Watching poor Sandra Bullock being whirled around in her … Continue reading →

The clocks have gone forward, it’s 30 degrees and sunny. We’ve finished the last of the porridge, so it’s officially summer in our house – yay! I washed Jan’s MX-5 yesterday and today we had a drive into town with the … Continue reading →

We’ve just been to see the film Rush, the story of the Formula One motor racing rivalry between drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda. Loved the film, a great story handled well. The story was special to me because I … Continue reading →

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is an absurdist, existentialist tragicomedy by Tom Stoppard we went to see at Sydney Theatre. (Cate Blanchett refers to it as Ros and Gil, so that’s good enough for me). Major themes of the play … Continue reading →

We went along to the launch of a book by Jenny Tabakoff, a friend and fellow journalist from the Sydney Morning Herald days. The book’s on a scary topic. Disaster strikes. A ship goes down, a plane crashes, a party … Continue reading →