Before the Kardashians… … there was Noelene. ‘Sylvania Waters’ was the first Australian reality TV show in Australia, before they even called it reality TV. It centred around the real-life Noelene Baker (later Donaher) and her real-life family, except her daughter, who pulled out at the last minute and was never spoken of. Noelene lived…
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Mar
When I first went to Argentina, Nestor Kirchner, the governor of an obscure Patagonian province, was running for president. He only got twenty-two per cent of the vote in the first round, but when his main rival pulled out, it was enough to slip into the job. The Kirchners spent the next twelve and a…
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Mar
In 2013, some friends in Hull, Yorkshire, took me to the Ferens Art Gallery to show me a Constable painting, but I was more intrigued but what was beyond this sign. There was a screen split into quarters, with each segment showing a different person vomiting. Martin Creed’s works push the boundaries as to what…
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Mar
When I was twelve, the TV series The Love Boat landed in Australia. I cringed when the opening titles featured Elizabeth the Koala and Tiny the Kangaroo. Julie the Cruise Director was in love with this guy who must have lived on a nature reserve or something. That’s how they incorporated the animals into the show. The…
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Feb
… the modern house that you saw being built, that you grew up in, is no more.
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Feb
I have a thing for gift shops in public buildings. I never know what I’m going to see in them. I was surprised that you could make plush dolls out of the Sydney Opera House … … or that the US Library of Congress contained an extensive collection of Wonder Woman memorabilia. Washington DC also…
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Jan
The woman above is very British, very sweet, very charming and very funny. She also throws very sharp knives, very fast and (thankfully) very accurately! I saw her show at the 2016 Fringe World, and it was terrifyingly good. She included some subtle touches, such as some wicked signs at the back of the set….
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Jan
