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by Daniel Stepniak · Published 29 April 2018 · Last modified 1 April 2019
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt doesn’t seem that very long ago that corruption, cheating and reprehensible behaviour by public figures was something that we heard about in overseas news. We prided ourselves on the integrity of our political,...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 24 April 2018 · Last modified 28 March 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn ‘Iris’ (or ‘In the shadow of Iris’ as it is known in England and therefore called by most critics) an attractive young woman stages her own kidnaping, demanding a substantial ransom from her...
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by Daniel Stepniak · Published 20 April 2018 · Last modified 19 April 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUnmistakeable, French born, Lou Doillon is clearly multi-talented. At 35 years of age she can look back on successful careers as a fashion model, actor, artist and multi-instrumentalist, composer and singer. Her 2013...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 20 April 2018 · Last modified 28 March 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesBrowsing through the latest list of films available through ‘SBS on demand’, I came across ‘The Lobster’ a 2015 dystopian black-comedy/drama set in the near future. The main storyline is that the laws of...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 16 April 2018 · Last modified 4 October 2023
Reading Time: 3 minutesI was intrigued to read about ‘The Fortress’, a new novel said to explore the concept of challenging misogyny and male oppression of women through exposure to a society dominated by women. My interest...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 8 April 2018 · Last modified 4 October 2023
Reading Time: 5 minutesAlthough a fan of Winton, I have not found his writing particularly easy to read. In this respect his latest novel ‘The Shepherd’s Hut’ is no exception. However, what makes this book a challenge,...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 26 March 2018 · Last modified 28 March 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Team is an eight episode television police drama produced jointly by Denmark, Germany and Belgium. It is in English, Danish, German, Dutch and French, with English sub-titles. It is about a case given...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 19 March 2018 · Last modified 28 March 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesRussia’s recent thinly veiled threats against Britain, and its political isolation make the Norwegian television series ‘ Occupied’ particularly pertinent. Norway’s most expensive television series is set in the near future and deals with...
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by Daniel Stepniak · Published 17 March 2018 · Last modified 19 April 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesNoir is a five member Sydney based band led by vocalist Jessica Mincher and guitarist Billy James. ‘Some Kind of Blues’, their first and only album, was released in 2017. The band classifies their...
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by Daniel Stepniak · Published 17 March 2018 · Last modified 4 October 2022
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe beautiful and haunting songs on this album are sung in twelve different languages, by singers from different religious, cultural and musical traditions including rock/contemporary pop music represented by Alanis Morissette, Perry Farrell, James Taylor, and Linda Ronstadt. This complex and multilayered album deserves to be listened to uninterupted.
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