Archive for November, 2018

Tempted by a snake: I stood there for a few moments stroking it gently

Friday, November 30th, 2018

Even if you have a watchful admiration for snakes in the wild, in the house is another matter.

Coen Brothers turn over a new chapter (or six) in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Friday, November 30th, 2018

The Coen Brothers mark their switch to the small screen with a movie that pays tribute to a genre made for the wide screen – the Western.

The fragrant season of frangipani love: Sydney’s most loved summer tree

Friday, November 30th, 2018

The hardy, beloved tree can shrug off drought, but keep an eye on that invading rust.

Peter Jackson says Harvey Weinstein ‘should face the consequences’

Friday, November 30th, 2018

The filmmaker had a “tense, horrible, nasty” showdown of his own with Weinstein.

Tempted by a snake: I stood there for a few moments stroking it gently

Friday, November 30th, 2018

Even if you have a watchful admiration for snakes in the wild, in the house is another matter.

Coen Brothers turn over a new chapter (or six) in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Friday, November 30th, 2018

The Coen Brothers mark their switch to the small screen with a movie that pays tribute to a genre made for the wide screen – the Western.

The fragrant season of frangipani love: Sydney’s most loved summer tree

Friday, November 30th, 2018

The hardy, beloved tree can shrug off drought, but keep an eye on that invading rust.

Wordplay: The survival of the novel and its powerful drip-drip-drip of empathy

Friday, November 30th, 2018

The novel is not deceased and, importantly, it is an invitation to be more human.

Wordplay: The survival of the novel and its powerful drip-drip-drip of empathy

Friday, November 30th, 2018

The novel is not deceased and, importantly, it is an invitation to be more human.

Il Porcellino, the pig with the golden snout, turns 50

Friday, November 30th, 2018

Surrounded by dignitaries that included the Italian ambassador and the Lord Mayor it would have been easy for nine-year-old Tom Yates to have been overawed by the occasion.