In the late 1960s, Blue Mink wrote a song called Melting Pot, which yearned for a world where there were no differences between us: What we need is a great big melting pot Big enough to take the world and all it’s got And keep it stirring for a hundred years or more And turn […]
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Malachi’s Shoes – a retelling of The Elves and the Shoemaker by the Brothers Grimm
April 4, 2018 
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Malachi was the toast of the town. He had opened his shoe store almost a decade ago in Town Square and it was now legendary. All the prominent folk of Sutchbury bought their shoes at his store because they were beautiful and comfortable. But it was more than that. People came to be near Malachi, […]
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A Serve of Ambrosia
March 15, 2018 1 Comment
Helen loved online shopping. It was so much more relaxing than going to the Mall. Buying whatever she wanted was just a click away. Only yesterday she’d bought a beautiful little tuxedo for Maxwell; today, a damask tablecloth for her upcoming dinner party. Hopefully both would arrive tomorrow. She got up from her computer […]
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Parents who don’t work full-time are disadvantaging their children? Whaaat?
November 24, 2016 Comments Off on Parents who don’t work full-time are disadvantaging their children? Whaaat?
As a parent, there is nothing like peer pressure to make you change your ways. And if you believe what journalist and mum Natasha Robinson tells you in her recent article for The Australian, that ‘home is so old school,’ then you will enrol your child in after-school-care for the upcoming term tout de suite! […]
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Author Profile: Neil Gaiman, King of fantasy books.
October 30, 2014 Comments Off on Author Profile: Neil Gaiman, King of fantasy books.
Since Halloween is this Friday, I’ll start by talking about All Hallow’s Read, a five year old tradition started by English author Neil Gaiman. The event’s message is simple: this Halloween, give someone a scary book to read. “We’re not saying don’t give candy,” says Gaiman, “Candy is important. Fake blood is important.” And while […]
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Review of ‘The Broken Circle Breakdown’ for Canberra International Film Festival
October 21, 2013 Comments Off on Review of ‘The Broken Circle Breakdown’ for Canberra International Film Festival
Click on the link below for my review of ‘The Broken Circle Breakdown,’ a Belgian film directed by Felix Van Groeningen, which is being shown on Thursday 31st Oct and Saturday 9th Nov as part of the Canberra International Film Festival. The film will have you asking: “If you could see the heartache that lay […]
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MAKE GOOD ART (with your clothes on)
October 5, 2013 Comments Off on MAKE GOOD ART (with your clothes on)
So what did you think of Sinead O’Connor’s letter to Miley Cyrus? Following Cyrus’ claim that her now famous nude-on-a-wrecking-ball video clip was inspired by O’Connor’s hit 80s song ‘Nothing Compares,’ O’Connor hit out at Cyrus, basically imploring her to stop prostituting herself. ‘Nothing but harm will come in the long run, from allowing yourself […]
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The Bowditch Pitch 
Kids on the Screen
There’s a TV show premiering this Sunday night that I’m not looking forward to. In fact, I will do everything in my power to avoid it. It’s The Voice Kids. Yes, I get that some of these pipsqueaks are probably somewhat talented, but I’m still not interested. Who among us is? I can’t imagine. Hopefully […]
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