Sunday night sees the return of Big Nelly to the cabaret stage after an absence of over a decade. Drawn back into the spotlight after several years of persuasion by my darling friend Mark Trevorrow (AKA Bob Downe, pictured) , I will sing an old favorite from the Patsy Cline songbook (no, not the one featured …
Shot by the cast of two in a day for your consideration, this inaugural short film by Naughty Tent Productions has been free wheeling its way into people’s hearts all over the place, most recently scooping the Audience Choice award at the Queer Fruits Film Festival in Lismore. Following on from the Honorable Mention at …
If you like manta rays then you might like to pencil in a date with a documentary that I narrated called ‘Manta Mystery’. It’s had several screenings already on National Geo Wild with the next one slated for Wednesday, 21st march at 8.30pm manta mystery It has already screened on this channel in the UK, Asia, …
The Museum of Sydney is taking a nostalgic look at the surfing sub culture of Emerald City with its exhibition Surf City. I was interviewed by them (along with several other salty sea dogs) about my recollections of Bondi back in the day and feature in a video component of the show. Now they’re holding a …
Off it goes again! Just when I thought it was dead. Never underestimate an albatross, is all I’ve got to say. This article appeared the other day in both the Brisbane Courier and the Sydney Morning Herald : talking about sex is fine Show true Puberty Blues, not whitewash In its wake I was contacted …
Back in the 30s the gangsters of Kings Cross used to slash each others body parts with cut throat razors until Roslyn street run with blood, or so the legend goes. Later it was known as the home of ‘Baron’s’, an infamous dive where you could go for that final night-cap long after everywhere else …
Every summer it starts up again – the reflection on my old albatross. Today’s contribution comes from Jim Schembri at The Age. On the beach (no, not that one) came a new wave – until the tide went out It’s going to get even more air time in 2012 with the announcement of the TV …
Back in the olden days when I was a reporter on the ABC’s weekly arts show ‘Review’ I worked with a fabulous producer called Paige Livingstone. Together we humped our blueys all over Australia in search of exciting arts stories that veered off the beaten track onto all sorts of rugged bush tracks. I lost …
Whilst pounding the pavements of Wellington on a recent window shopping spree, my eye caught sight of a gorgeous little red merino wool dress on an old fashioned mannequin in a quaint shopfront on the corner of Willis St and Te Aru. Upon venturing in to Good Score, I noticed that all the labels had …
Naughty Tent Productions are pleased to announce the world premiere of its short film ‘Brokeback Mountain Bikes’ screening tonight at the Sydney Opera House as part of the Bicycle Film Festival. Starring Glenys del Marvellous and Jacqui Twister this is the story of two cowgirls who ride their folding bikes through the wild west and …
Our experience of Hobart’s hottest new wine bar/restaurant was so overwhelmingly wonderful earlier this year that we put it at the top of our ‘to-do’ list when we ventured south last week. We were devastated to discover, however, that the incomparable Garagistes is closed for annual holidays until October 11! Pining for it has prompted …
Finally, those boring old black clone wetsuits are a thing of the past thanks to American fashion designer Cynthia Rowley. Not only has she just dragged Lindsay Lohan out of hiding for her recent New York Fashion Week show but she’s also designed a fabulous range of Roxy wetsuits for chicks who care about looking …
Popped in to Monstrosity Gallery last night to deliver two art works by The Stoked for the exhibition ‘Fur’. The show, which opens tonight, is a group exhibition by “some of Sydney’s most dynamic and talented contemporary artists” responding to the theme of fur. Curated by West, who has a particular penchant for fur herself, …
(N.B. Lochiel House is now under new and far inferior management so this review no longer applies) One of my all time favourite destinations for degustation is Lochiel House at Kurrajong Heights west of Sydney. Housed in a low-ceilinged historic cottage, this two hatted restaurant is a treasure trove of taste treats. Owners Tony and …
Just clocked up 155,555 kms in the quest for delicious taste treats and am feeling well and truly quinced. And having produced a quintet of quality pantry items from my quince tree this year including quince paste (stirred for hours on a wood-fired stove!), quince pickle, quince jelly, pot-roasted quinces and quince vodka, I am …
Caught a great artists talk the other day at Ros Oxley’s Gallery where Del Kathryn Barton is showing her latest exhibition ‘Satellite Fade-Out’. The talk was between Del (left) and her fellow artist friend Nell (right) and it brought up all sorts of titillating ideas about the orgasmic body, a subject that Del explores in …
In preparation for a gig to launch Sydney Design 2011 I popped into the Powerhouse Museum to take a squizz at their contribution; ‘Love Lace’. Contrary to popular rumor this is not an exhibition about Linda Lovelace, star of that infamous porm flick ‘Deep Throat’, but a show about Lace Love. And we’re not talking …
It was a vintage New York kind of night. We had tickets to see the fabulous Miss Peggy Lee who was still singing and swinging at the age of 72 albeit from the confines of a wheelchair. Our ex-pat Aussie contingent included Peggy’s greatest fan Stephen MacLean, who wrote the film ‘Starstruck’ and the original …
Such a relief to emerge from that long period of deluging rain and get out in the sunshine again on this auspicious Day Out Of Time. Leaving the Red Overtone Moon year behind we take time out to pause for a day to see what might happen. As the Sun rose with Sirius I began …
A bunch of us asked ourselves if we could concoct our own restaurant quality degustation and our questioning led us to the Thermomix. Trust the Germans to come up with an electrical kitchen appliance that makes at least 30 others redundant! The Thermomix is a gadget invented back in the 60s that performs a mind …
Caught K.I.J.E. at the Old Fitz last night and what a pleasant surprise it was too. Being ‘Cheap Tuesday’, the tiny garage theatre space was packed to the rafters so my buddies and I had to take the front row seats which was all well and good until the cast started to let loose with …
Rylstone is a gorgeous little heritage town about three and a half hours North-West of Sydney and on the second Saturday of every month it now plays host to an Artisan and Produce market. A gaggle of us popped in the other week to check it out and bumped into the tres talented Brett Nutting …
Just down off Nullo Mountain on the western edge of the Wollemi National Park where I was lucky enough to tag along with a survey party recording indigenous sites. Uncle John Shipp led the team of six up through thick bush to escarpments ringing with the songs of lyrebirds. Up in these panoramic places we …
Maggie Alderston has been writing of a group of dashing dames she dubs “foldies” – fabulous oldies. And no-one that I know fits the bill as succinctly as Marion von Adlerstein. MVA mentored me in her role as Travel Director at Vogue Australia, dispatching me to such far flung destinations as the Arctic and Antarctica. …