Issue 94

..rampant sodomy and a political career. If there is a difference. As a consequence of a life in a chilled climate body surfing in Victoria seems almost like dipping in thermal springs. As a society we have transitioned from sports players to sports voyeurs. With the rise and rise of sport as entertainment more and…

.. the Rudd boys originated. As a film it exemplified the last embers of ember that were still being instilled in the bosom of New Zealand’s youth. What I had not realised was that the 2.6-metre tall marble statue, which was badly damaged in the earthquake, had been sculpted by Scott’s wife Kathleen. It had…

Issue # 8 Coffee I didn’t have my first cup of coffee till I was about twenty years old. It was at the legendary Stagedoor in Christchurch, as bohemian a joint as could be found in that neck of the woods in 1965. As I recall (and I wouldn’t necessarily put great store by my…

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I’ve mentioned the ABC TV show Big Ideas before. I tend to record the various episodes on IQ and review them at my leisure. There’s no particular theme to Big Ideas and I can easily be put off viewing a particular episode just by scanning the synopsis, but sometimes the description is so inscrutable that…