Archive for month: June, 2020
Bloody Victorians!
in Life, Law & Culture
We thick-skinned Freo folk are well-used to out-of-towners taking pot-shots at our beloved Port City.(Don’t you just love hyphenated words!)…
Book Review and Podcast – Father of the lost boys
in Life, Law & Culture
What an amazing story - it just had to be told! And thanks to Fremantle Press, Yuot A Alaak’s account…
What’s In A Name – In This Case ‘Mícheál’?
in Uncategorised
Micheal? Actually, Micheal where both the ‘i’ and the ‘a’ have a little accent over them - as in Mícheál.…
Interview With Doug Thompson
in Fremantle People
As part of our continuing Governing Freo-style series of interviews with Councillors of the City of Fremantle, we are pleased…
Layla O episode 11 – Show me the Guru
in Life, Law & Culture
Layla O, the incomparable, the irrepressible, the irresistible, the sometimes irritating, and very famous Agony Aunt, now weaves her particular…
Places I Love – Dublin On Bloomsday
in Life, Law & Culture
Bloomsday is celebrated on 16 June each year. There is a carnival vibe around Dublin on Bloomsday. When I lived…
Fine Photography – Georgina Barker
in Life, Law & Culture
This week we feature Georgina Barker. Georgina lives and breathes Fremantle. She started out her professional life as a journalist,…
COSCO SHIPPING – What A Story!
in Shipping News
COSCO Antwerp (IMO: 9246396), a pretty blue container ship sailing under the flag of the United Kingdom, was in Fremantle…
Coming! Anthology Of First Nations And Black Fiction For Young Adults
in Life, Law & Culture
Now for something really interesting: Fremantle Press has called for submissions to a new anthology of First Nations and Black…
Let’s kill all the lawyers!
in Life, Law & Culture
Well, let’s not. Shakespeare started the whole thing about ‘killing all the lawyers’. Quite unfair. They’re not all that difficult…