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Former ABC journalist Tim Bowden – who died on Sunday, aged 87 — discovered journalism as a teenager, sneaking into the back row of the theatre in 1950s Hobart to watch Cinesound newsreels, before television was common in Australian homes. “Before television, it was still possible to get your visual current affairs fix. These newsreels […]
Cat and Dan are back to cover the highlights from the last week of cricket. Topics include: England v West Indies The Olympics, featuring the Doyen of Diving, Tubby ‘Cricket’ Taylor The All-New, All-Improved Hundred Plus, another thrilling Muller Award, er, JL Time Listen to The Ridiculous Ashes here: https://megaphone.link/COMG6590528182 Subscribe to Dan’s newsletter at […]
If the story rested on the bizarre coincidence of the arrests in 1865 and 1888, that would be compelling enough. But during my research, I encountered an extraordinary figure whose life consisted of a series of crises and scandals. It included two manslaughter cases; violent assaults; arrests for gross indecency; and accusations of business fraud. […]
#453: DEATH TO GOLD September 1st, 2023 · 60 minutes The September Apple event is coming up, and we’re talking rumors — from USB-C ports on every (?) phone, to the DEATH OF THE GOLD COLORWAY… RIP. Then, an Insider piece asks if social sharing, like the gold iPhone, is dead. This episode of Rocket […]
Posted in: HBO, Opinion, TV, TV | Tagged: HBO, hbo max, OFMD, our flag means death, Rhys Darby, taika waititi Our Flag Means Death has officially finished filming the second season of the immensely popular comedy series by HBO Max. That sentence shouldn’t sound ominous, but then again, those who worked on Minx didn’t believe they’d […]