Things that I found

Somewhere between reviews and reflections and whatever pops to mind.

Friday, March 30, 2018

Not angry, disappointed: Australian cricket's legacy.

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It is easy to feel sorry for Steve Smith . He’s a young, highly- strung man in a position of great responsibility in the public eye who i...
Monday, March 26, 2018

Getting ahead of the game: Australia's next mini-series

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A lunch room at a cricket ground in Cape Town. Two discouraged looking men are discussing the day’s play SMITH: I don't understand ...
Monday, March 19, 2018

Old movies, forgotten awards

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I don’t think I particularly like the Oscars anymore. I was never mad for them, didn’t sit up watching till midnight avoiding the news so...
Tuesday, March 13, 2018

The Uses of Churchills

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J ust recently we’ve had a lot of Churchills. Gary Oldman won an Oscar for his, John Lithgow won high praise for his, and Brian Cox … well,...
Saturday, December 2, 2017

Women in the background? Ellen Kelly

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For some years now historians have been trying to recover the stories of the forgotten groups of history, groups that have been marginalise...
Monday, May 15, 2017

Staring into the abyss: Looking back on some recent history

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I once read a article criticising George Lucas. I know, I’m as shocked at you are. The author took exception to Yoda’s lines, “Fear is th...
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Nick Backstrom
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Nick is a writer and an actor currently lost on the trainways of Melbourne. If you see him, wave! He is not now, nor ever has been, a gun ice-hockey player.
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