Putin? PUTAIN!*

Further to Once Upon a Time in Russia and its portrayal of three of the original oligarchs, my new recommendation…

Cradle Mountain Dreaming

PART ONE KINDRED: A Cradle Mountain Love Story by Kate Legge is the engaging biographical story of Gustav Weindorfer and…

Hilary Mantel’s epic tome (first in a trilogy) is fictionalised biography of Thomas Cromwell and history of the early Tudor…

DANGER! Here we get to the pointy end of Aussie breakfasts. In the last decade or more, so-called smashed avocado…

The Sea, a novel by John Banville, is disappointing and full of wordy affectation. Archaic and obscure words are sprinkled…

Queensland is not a cultural grey area. Thanks to the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane and the Asia-Pacific Triennial…

Alex Miller’s novel, set in the 1920s, traces the momentous choices facing Emily Stanton, as she moves between Melbourne, Paris,…

Apparently everybody likes our occasional Germany vs Australia jousts, so here’s anothery. Karl Benz patented the world’s first car in…

The Gallery of Notional & Non Art (GONNA) in Kookynie is finally opening, with the launch of a new exhibition…

Well, for once Australia has scored big time against Germany (not to mention those world wars, of course). Nah, it’s…