"The last time I went to the party, I saw YOU there", I said to a colleague this week, in response to the question about my plans for Mardi Gras. "Oh that was a long time ago", she responded. Though they say you're only as old as you feel, I definitely feel too old for the [...]
"Tom Hughes was Lucy Turnbull's dad", I whispered into the ear of my friend Graeme. Though it wasn't specifically mentioned on the Mardi Gras History Walk, it was something I knew which added to the story. Historian, Robert French was talking about a meeting of the Liberal Party of NSW held in the early 1970s. [...]
When you read a book you always think you know the "voice" of the narrator. You think you know their cadence, their intonation. By projecting aspects of your own life, and the voices in your head, you think you KNOW them. But it wasn't until I saw the documentary, "Remembering The Man" on Thursday night, [...]
"I'm running late. The bus was late, but I'll be there shortly", I told a friend by text message. I haven't really participated much in this year's Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, so we had planned to catch up for a beer and a bit of "Mardi Gras" spirit at Sydney's legendary Imperial Hotel. [...]
I think Matthew Mitcham is stalking me. I wish. On Tuesday we jockeyed for position in the coffee queue at the ABC cafe, ahead of his appearance on Midday Interview with Margaret Throsby. This afternoon, he was in the reception of 702 ABC Sydney, ahead of his appearance on "Thank God It's Friday". "I loved [...]
