Growing up gay, especially in a country town, comes with a multitude of odious compromises. And by compromises, we really mean outright theft of mind, body and soul, as you struggle mightily to disguise the obvious in a town where even the most subtle of things seems to eventually exist Continue Reading
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I am an extrovert gay man living in Sydney who loves Indian food, current affairs, music, film and reading, caramel anything, and a beautiful guy called Steve who makes every day a delight. I am trying to get two novels in a trilogy ready for e-publication, love my iPhone & iPod, and am secretly Canadian in my soul. Life is fun, exciting and joyful and I aim to make the absolute most of it!
When polar opposites attract: Thoughts on Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss aka Theodor Seuss Geisel was one of a kind. A talented writer and artist, political cartoonist, poet and so much, Dr Seuss gifted us with many of the greatest and bestselling children’s books of all time, including And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (1937), Continue Reading
Book review: Early Riser by Jasper Fforde
The very best books, the kind that make reading a extraordinary and incomparable delight, are those that offer up a sumptuous journey to places and with people you would never otherwise have the pleasure of coming into contact with. By doing so, they offer up a glorious sense of escape Continue Reading
Saturday morning TV: Original Basil Brush Show
Nostalgia is a strange beast. Wearing the most fashionable of rose-colour glasses and moving with the surety of someone who belives they have an impeachable memory of things past, it makes its way through the landscape of our lives with the confidence of a salesman looking to close the deal, Continue Reading
Movie review: The Aeronauts
There is something inspiring about watching people realise their dreams. It’s not simply being party to the material fulfilment of something that has often just existed in the intangible reaches of the heart and the mind; it’s the look on a person’s face when the hoped-for being the lived-out and Continue Reading
Avenue 5: In space Armando Iannucci can definitely hear you laugh
SNAPSHOTSet four decades in the future, Avenue 5 boldly imagines a world where the rich feel entitled to not only the world, but also the solar system. Cool and capable Captain Ryan Clark (Hugh Laurie) pilots the show’s titular space cruiser, of which Herman Judd (Josh Gad) is the billionaire Continue Reading
A little crazy goes a long way: Thoughts on The Kominsky Method (season 2)
One of the comforting niceties we hang onto as we get older is that all those years of living will eventually add up, by sheer weight of life experience, to a near-zen state of having our shit together. We imagine ourselves sitting out on the deck of country home staring Continue Reading
Let’s sneak away: The muscular supernatural whimsy of Wendy
SNAPSHOTIn this wildly reimagined ragtag epic, Wendy is lost on a mysterious island where aging and time have come unglued. She must fight to save her family, her freedom, and the joyous spirit of youth from the deadly peril of growing up. The movie stars Shay Walker, Tommie Lynn Milazzo, Continue Reading
Book review: Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
When first you pick up the definitively titled Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson, you may tempted to wonder just how many quirky books about characters encountering some great challenge and thus sweet victory or transformation in the twilight of their lives, one book market can take. Take a Continue Reading
Are you game? The Witcher is coming your way
SNAPSHOTHenry Cavill stars as Geralt, who is part of the Witcher class of beings. The Witchers are genetically enhanced individuals who are trained in the art of monster hunting and travel the world, hunting monsters for coin. Or, in the words of Henry Cavill himself at the SDCC Witcher panel— Continue Reading