Archive for December, 2017

Editor’s thoughts on Milo Yiannopoulos’ book revealed in US court documents

Friday, December 29th, 2017

“Throughout the book, your test points seem to be lost in a sea of self-aggrandisement and scattershot thinking.”

Top five Canberra concerts for 2017 chosen by Jennifer Gall

Friday, December 29th, 2017

There was a wide range of high quality concerts, including solo keyboard recitals and chamber music.

Top five Canberra concerts for 2017 chosen by Jennifer Gall

Friday, December 29th, 2017

There was a wide range of high quality concerts, including solo keyboard recitals and chamber music.

Editor’s thoughts on Milo Yiannopoulos’ book revealed in US court documents

Friday, December 29th, 2017

“Throughout the book, your test points seem to be lost in a sea of self-aggrandisement and scattershot thinking.”

The Burden of Lies review: Richard Beasley’s absorbing courtroom drama

Friday, December 29th, 2017

Richard Beasley’s lawyer protagonist “prefers not to get out of bed unless blood has been spilled”, but here he’s soon in his element.

The Burden of Lies review: Richard Beasley’s absorbing courtroom drama

Friday, December 29th, 2017

Richard Beasley’s lawyer protagonist “prefers not to get out of bed unless blood has been spilled”, but here he’s soon in his element.

The Naturalist’s Daughter review: Tea Cooper’s novel of women in a man’s world

Friday, December 29th, 2017

It’s 1808 and the titular daughter, Rose Winton, wants to follow in the footsteps of her naturalist father Charles, who has made a ground-breaking study of the platypus.

Surrogate review: Tracy Crisp delves into the realities of an emotional subject

Friday, December 29th, 2017

As the visceral and emotional realities play out in Surrogate, the story flicks back in time, when another mother from a different era is pressured to give her baby away.

The Future Won’t Be Long review: Jarett Kobek’s tender coming-of-age story

Friday, December 29th, 2017

Jarett Kobek has created a big, debauched, nostalgia-rush of a book that evokes the queer and bohemian demi-monde of New York in the ’90s

Mad about revivals: It’s open season on ’90s sitcoms after Will & Grace

Friday, December 29th, 2017

Rebooting Mad About You may open a Pandora’s Box of possibilities.