One of my absolute favourite things from my overseas trip last year was my visit to the Peggy Guggenhem Museum in Venice. As I wrote at the time According to the audio tour, Peggy was an American heiress who came to live in Venice in her early twenties. With gazillions of dollars behind her, the … Continue reading Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
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"He didn't really propose to her on the side of the road to Hobart Airport?", I asked a couple of colleagues during the week. Both were Hobart born and bred, and in the 40-50 year age group. I figured they'd know. Having seen only the last fifteen minutes or so of "Mary - The Making … Continue reading Mary-The Making Of A Princess
My friend and I both laughed out loud when we saw Rufus Wainwright appearing on stage reading from one books by J.T. LeRoy. In the documentary, "The Cult of JT LeRoy" (which we saw last night at the "Antenna Documentary Film Festival" in Sydney) we had already seen Sandra Bernhard, Carrie Fisher, Susan Dey (Patridge … Continue reading The Cult of JT LeRoy
In some ways I was a rather precocious child. Really? You sure about that? No way! Unlike other children of my generation I was allowed to watch some of the more "adult" television programs screened on Australian. For example, I loved Number 96. As I wrote on the fortieth anniversary screening of the show... I … Continue reading The Box
"I hadn't realised it was so soon after his death when the book was released", I told my friend. We had just been to see a screening of the movie version of "Holding The Man" at Sydney's Verona Cinema. We were right in the midst of the film in many ways. St Vincent's Hospital. "The … Continue reading Holding The Man