Archive for month: July, 2025

Who will buy US grain-fed beef anyway?
Most US beef is grain-fed, not grass-fed. That means cattle are typically raised on pasture for part of their lives,…
The Last Paradise on Earth – Film Review
This understated, moving feature is presented as part of the 2025 Hurtigruten Scandinavian Film Festival, on now at Luna Palace…
An Artist’s Perspective on Open Heart Surgery
Acclaimed Western Australian artist and former Fiona Stanley Hospital cardiac patient Nic Compton has expressed his confronting experience of open-heart…
28 Years Later – Film Review
28 Years Later is the third movie in the zombie picture trilogy, including 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later,…
Rarely a Dull Moment – Well, a Bit of a Dull Moment …
Had to happen sometime. Tonight, 23 July 2025, may have been one of the dull moments. Clocking off a touch…
Fremantle to Host Australian Cruise Association Conference
The 2025 Australian Cruise Association (ACA) Conference is set to return to Fremantle after two decades, taking place from 3-5…
The Wednesday Poem
Do Not Sleep Beside a River​ When the wind is still, the river is slick, fat and smooth Round bellied…
After The Game With Snaps Truly – Rd 19 2025 V Collingwood
First of all, an apology to you for taking so long to get over a hit-on-the-head-with-hammers hangover and some light…
Seeing Red: Meditation on Quisling – The Final Days and its Australian refractions
In Mark Twain’s and Charles Dudley Warner’s 1873 novel, The Gilded Age it is noted: “History never repeats itself, but…
Movie Review – Divine Sarah Bernhardt
To say that Sarah Bernhardt ruled the theatre, particularly in France but also world-wide from the late 1860s through to…