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  • Poetry, a form of storytelling

    Poetry, a form of storytelling

    August is that unpredictable month: warmer days, daffodils promising spring but still wintery. It’s also National Poetry Month initiated by Red Room Poetry. This initiative…

  • Turn off Offerman

    Turn off Offerman

    The Life of Chuck Starring Tom Hiddleston, Annalise Basso and Mark Hamill M 3.75/5 Directed by Mike Flanagan and based on a Stephen King novella,…

  • Blamire Young’s kangaroo stamp

    Blamire Young’s kangaroo stamp

    Before federation in 1901, Australia did not exist as a Commonwealth-recognised country. It was a collection of entities we now call states, plus a few…

  • CARTOON: Snoop peek

    CARTOON: Snoop peek

    The AFL announced Snoop Dogg will headline the Telstra Pre-Game Entertainment at the 2025 Toyota AFL Grand Final at the MCG.

  • Theatre questions and displays 1950s housewife role

    Theatre questions and displays 1950s housewife role

    1812 Theatre Home, I’m Darling. An unusual play, the couple involved like to live in the ‘50s and the set was built accordingly. Magnificently well…

  • 80 years of Children’s Book Week

    80 years of Children’s Book Week

    The 2025 Children’s Book Week took place from Saturday 16 to Saturday 23 August. The theme of this year’s national event was ‘Book an Adventure’,…

  • CARTOON: Knock, knock

    CARTOON: Knock, knock

    The ibises were not so sure whether the cartoonist was back to work or not, so they just drew the cartoon on his behalf.

  • Two horror movies in two weeks

    Two horror movies in two weeks

    Weapons Starring Julia Garner, Josh Brolin and Cary Christopher Rated MA15+ 4/5 The third film from Barbarian writer-director Zach Creggor, Weapons is a chilling, cleverly-written…

  • Diving into the past

    Diving into the past

    People who have lived in Healesville for many years are well aware of the ‘Olympic’ public pool in Queens Park, opened in 1964. It is…

  • Forthcoming Bendigo Writers Festival

    Forthcoming Bendigo Writers Festival

    Established in 2012, the Bendigo Writers Festival is an annual end-of-winter event that celebrates and promotes the art of writing and storytelling. It is a…

  • CARTOON: No cartoonist

    CARTOON: No cartoonist

    Cartoonist Danny Zemp was terribly sick last week. He had the flu.

  • Surrender yourself Together

    Surrender yourself Together

    Together Starring Alison Brie, Dave Franco and Damon Herriman 4.5/5 MA15+ Together is a biting body horror satire about toxic codependency and the inherent loss…

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