Holmes
Reading Time: 2 minutes It is the silly season. And, we did something very silly this morning. We attended a screening of ‘Holmes and Watson’, the ‘comedy’ starring Will Ferrell as Sherlock Holmes and John C Reilly as...
Monthly Archive: December 2018
Colette
Reading Time: 2 minutes A matinee screening of ‘Colette’ provided welcome relief from both Christmas shopping and the debilitating humidity of FNQ in late December. ‘Colette’ is cinema to be savoured. It is also a showcase for the...
The First Lady – James Patterson and Brendan DuBois
Reading Time: 2 minutes Last June, I read and reviewed ‘The President is Missing’, my first James Patterson book, almost entirely because It was co-authored by Bill Clinton. This time I am reviewing Patterson’s most recent novel, ‘The...
Romance, ‘drunken seduction’ and #MeToo
Reading Time: 4 minutes Janet Albrechtsen’s column in the current Weekend Australian warrants reading, if only to test the efficacy of your blood pressure medication. The target of her opinion piece is the #MeToo movement and associated implications...
‘A Gentleman in Moscow’ Amor Towles
Reading Time: 2 minutes A book to savour, and re-read with pleasure. Having just completed reading this book, I find much on which to reflect. This book tells the story of Count Rostov, a Russian nobleman, sentenced...