This is a piece I’ve done for Radio Australia’s “Correspondent’s Notebook” on the Royal Commission of Inquiry in Tonga into last year’s ferry disaster. If you want to go to the audio, click here. This week the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika, began taking testimony from its final... »
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I think more’s been written about, mused on and debated about this movie, it’s imagery and subtext than just about Any other. I’m leaving that to those who care. But I did find it breathtaking, and I’m not even a real fan of fantasy movies. Because that’s what it is.... »
A doof doof New Year
As the sun sets on the first day of 2010, I’m sitting here listening to the doof doof beats of the music festival underway at Melbourne’s Myer Music Bowl. Now it might be the overcast weather, but I think it’s the volume, because while I’m around seven kilometres from... »
The Lovely Bones. No Hobbits in the latest Peter Jackson epic
It’s well done. The actors acquitt themselves well. It has a gripping narrative. I haven’t read the book so can’t compare it. But I liked it. Although it is a bit of chick flick. Don’t expect to feel upbeat at the end. »
An entry about nothing
I actually can’t think of anything to write. So here’s my love. »
The view from Swanvale in Samoa, Part 2
Jiust before leaving Samoa I filed this piece for ABC’s “Correspondent’s Notebook” and “Correspondent’s Report” If you want to listen to it, click here. Just over two years ago I’d traveled to the Western Province of Solomon Islands when it had been hit by an earthquake... »
The View from Swanvale in Samoa, Part 1
On the 10th of October I did this report for Radio Australia’s Correspondent’s Notebook on the scene at Lalomanu Beach in Samoa. You can find the audio here. »
The View from Swanvale goes to the movies.
Why the Jewish world is excited by "Inglorious Basterds". Does "District 9" prove that computer graphics are better actors than the humans who create them. And why "The September Issue" will be inspiration for the next "Bruno". »
The view from Swanvale, across the USA.
This is the first of two entries looking at the View from Swanvale’s visit to the USA, with snapshots of some of the places visited, First stop was Venice Beach, with a lifeguard scene straight out of Baywatch. And just up from there is Muscle Beach,... »
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