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...
by Dave Bradley | Dec 4, 2018 | Book, Books, Reviews
M.R. Carey (Hachette Australia) 2018, 500pp, RRP $29.99, hardback $45.00, eBook $14.99 M(ike).R. Carey’s latest returns to the paranormal realms of his Fellside (rather than the sci-fi/horror of his best-known book The Girl With All The Gifts and its sequel The Boy On...