by Ros Seale | May 21, 2017 | Arts, Film Review, Visual, What's On
Director Gurinder Chandra (Bend It Like Beckham) has made a very watchable period drama guided by Narendra Sarila’s book ”The Shadow of the Great Game: The Untold Story of India’s Partition”. The book is based on secret documents found in the British library... read more
by Margot Lang | May 21, 2017 | Arts, Film Review, Visual, What's On
The Sense of an Ending is an intriguing but ultimately unsatisfying film of Julian Barnes’ Man Booker Prize winning novel. It was always going to be a challenge to turn this thoughtful, introspective book into a film, with its central character an aging... read more
by Jacqueline Lang | May 2, 2017 | Books, Cafe Society, Nutrition, Yum
Here’s an irresistible nibble from Luke Mangan’s new book Sharing Plates – For Brunch, Lunch and Dinner with Friends (Murdoch Books). It offers a scrumptious plethora of easy, yummy dishes that will win over everyone around the table! Salted... read more
by Peter Rigby | May 2, 2017 | Arts, Lifestyle, Showbiz, Visual, What's On
Arriba, Arriba! Ándale, Ándale! Si, it’s that time of year again, and the Spanish Film Festival has burst onto the screen in Perth. Over the next three weeks we are to be exposed to an array of Iberian screen gems. The other day The Starfish caught an... read more
by Rachel Lovelock | May 2, 2017 | Environment, Lifestyle, Our History, Places, Travel
The fabled Banda Islands in Maluku, Indonesia, are so far off the tourism map that few people know of either their existence or their major historical importance. The world’s only source of nutmeg in the Middle Ages, these islands shaped the history of the East... read more
by Peter Rigby | May 2, 2017 | Arts, Theatre, What's On
While there is much to be said for writing about subjects you know, it can be an extra challenge delivering on a subject your audience also knows. Such is the case with the current Black Swan State Theatre Company-Albany Entertainment Centre... read more
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