It’s one of my favourite locations and one of my favourite ballets, so I couldn’t resist posting these pictures of Australian Ballet dancers at Bondi Icebergs. The company took advantage of the weekly emptying of the iconic beach-side pool to … Continue reading
Category Archives: Arts & Culture
Culture: The 24 Drinking Game
Before we had Breaking Bad; before we had Mad Men, we had The Sopranos. And while Tony and his dysfunctional gang of nodding hench men were busy changing the face of television as we know it, Jack Bauer was bringing … Continue reading
Arts & Culture: The Great Gatsby
Guest post by Nadia Ramoul I have agonized for weeks now over reviewing Baz Luhrmann’s version of Gatsby. The hours have crawled by as I stare, almost defeated, at a cold, blank Word sheet. The glaring white taunts me, laughing … Continue reading
Arts & Culture: David Bowie Is
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Unless you’ve been living in complete isolation for the past few months you will have invariably heard the hype surrounding the new David Bowie Is exhibition at the V&A. You may well be thinking that it couldn’t possibly live up … Continue reading
Arts & Culture: Smirnoff Vodka, #YoursForTheMaking Event
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Guest post by Nadia Ramoul When you’re invited to an evening of free vodka and snacks you don’t turn it down, hoooo no. In this weather anything to keep the blood pumping is welcomed with open arms and empty glasses. You … Continue reading
Culture: Rob Delaney at the Soho Theatre
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Guest post by Nadia Ramoul Rob Delaney is a funny guy. A seriously funny guy. If someone on your Twitter feed hasn’t RT’d a couple of his peons to Adele or ‘quotes’ from Mitt Romney then truly you have earned … Continue reading
Arts & Culture: Ignore The Haters, Watch Girls
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UK telly lovers, if like me you are getting progressively more fed up with auto-tuned X-Factor contestants and their sob-stories, you’ll be pleased to know that the brilliant and funny HBO show Girls is coming to Sky Atlantic this month. If … Continue reading
Arts & Culture: Downtown LA’s emerging art scene
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LA LA Land, Tinseltown, The City of Angels. Whatever you want to call it, LA seems to provoke a love or hate reaction from most people. On the one hand it’s got great weather, awesome burgers and hyper-attentive service (sometimes … Continue reading
Arts & Culture: Cosmopolis Film Review
Cosmopolis wants to be great. It really really does. But falls sadly short of greatness by remaining maddeningly aloof from any real substance and development. Continue reading
Arts & Culture: Jonny Briggs
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Saatchi Gallery’s ‘New Sensations’ 2011 prize winner Jonny Briggs is a photographer who reworks portraits from his childhood into a series of strange and, at times, terrifying images of domestic life. Continue reading