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True Spirit

The story made world news. On 15 May 2010, 16-year-old Jessica Watson became the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe…

New music round-up (for w/e 3 February 2023)

Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 3 February 2023. Acclaimed…

Family Values (Queensland Theatre) – theatre review

Queensland Theatre can’t go wrong opening its 2023 season with this entertaining and sometimes searing comedy-drama from the prodigious David…

Mary Poppins (Her Majesty’s Theatre) – musical theatre review

In a word, Mary Poppins is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! The theatrics – the staging, set design and magic introduced into this Disney and…

Knock at the Cabin – movie review

In M. Night Shyamalan’s intriguing psychological thriller, Knock at the Cabin,  Kristen Cui plays eight-year-old Wen – a bright young…

The Whale – movie review

The Whale is the film that has excited me more than any other since lockdown. While the story itself is…

Strays (Margo Price) – music review

When Nashville singer-songwriter Margo Price made her debut in 2016 with Midwest Farmer’s Daughter, on Jack White’s Third Man label,…

My Darkest Prayer (S. A. Cosby) – book review

S. A. Cosby seemed to explode onto the noir crime scene with his 2020 release Blacktop Wasteland, soon followed up…

You Can Go Now – movie review

Trailblazing indigenous artist and outspoken provocateur Richard Bell is arguably one of our most important artists whose work has been…

New music round-up (for w/e 27 January 2023)

Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 27 January 2023. Phoenix…