by David Robinson | Dec 10, 2018 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Sun 9 Dec. “This is a punk rock show tonight, ladies and gentlemen” – Frank Turner announces his arrival on The Gov’s well-trodden stage, leaving no doubt that his unwavering, frantic brand of folk-punk will be at the fore of tonight’s show....
by Dave Bradley | Dec 8, 2018 | Book, Books, Reviews
Michael Caine (Hachette Australia) 2018, 294pp, RRP $32.99 Sir Michael Caine, one of the most beloved of all actors, has written a volume of autobiography before (2011’s The Elephant To Hollywood), but this is more a nostalgic reminisce about the whole craft of...
by Dave Bradley | Dec 4, 2018 | Book, Books, Reviews
Ray Connolly (Hachette Australia) 2018, 448pp, RRP $35.00, ebook $16.99 Even John Lennon’s most diehard fans might baulk at the idea of yet another biography of the man (1940 – 1980), and yet Connolly can claim to have been far closer to his subject than most other...
by Dave Bradley | Dec 4, 2018 | Book, Books, Reviews
Stephen Hawking (Hachette Australia) 2018, 232pp, RRP $32.99, eBook $16.99 Professor Stephen Hawking died on March 14, many years after he was predicted to depart this life, and this final (or maybe not?) volume of autobiography, self-analysis, sweet wit and sometimes...
by Dave Bradley | Dec 4, 2018 | Book, Books, Reviews
Stephen King (Hachette Australia) 2018, 132pp, RRP $29.99, ebook $29.99 The impossibly prolific King’s latest comes soon after his epic collaboration with his son Owen (Sleeping Beauties) and his similarly lengthy solo effort The Outsider, and understandably and...