by Ros Seale | Feb 12, 2020 | Arts, Film Review, What's On
Jane Austin’s last novel Emma, written in 1815, has been adapted for the screen many times, most recently by the BBC in a 2009 mini-series. Writer Eleanor Catton (Booker Prize winner for The Luminaries) has given us another version of this social satire which is...
by Margot Lang | Feb 12, 2020 | Arts, Film Review, What's On
Pacificado (“pacified” in Portugese) is named for the pacification police who were charged with cleaning up the crime-ridden favela slums before the 1913 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Despite the heavy police presence the drug-dealing and viiolence...
by Peter Rigby | Jan 29, 2020 | Arts, Environment, Lifestyle, People, Places, Travel, Visual, What's On
Good things come in threes, and that’s certainly the case over at Gallows Gallery at the moment. The Glyde Street space is staging a vibrant exhibition by sisters Christina Backus, Elizabeth McPhee and Patricia Wall. Called Three Sisters (of course!) the...
by Margot Lang | Jan 29, 2020 | Arts, Film Review, What's On
Director Ladj Ly has made a remarkable debut with his first film, Les Miserables, which was chosen as France’s entry to the Academy Awards and is now tipped to win an Oscar. The film echoes Victor Hugo’s classic 1862 novel with a 21st Century story of...
by Peter Rigby | Jan 29, 2020 | Books, Cafe Society, Health, Nutrition, Wellbeing, Yum
Here’s a super healthy veggie dish from Amy Chaplin’s fabulous new book, Whole Food Cooking Every Day (Hardie Grant Books). You simply can’t get any healthier than this. In the book, Amy “promises to transform the way we eat with...
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