Thomas Keneally at Adelaide Writers' Week (Photo: Etan Smallman)
Thomas Keneally is still puzzled by the fervent way in which he is embraced by British readers and critics.
"To Brits, I'm just a harmless figure from far south who's never going to...
(0) Comments | Posted 13 March 2013 | (06:57)
Row upon row of eight-centimetre puppets are brought to life in Kamp at the Adelaide Festival (Photo: Herman Helle)
If you want an insight into the problems of engaging a new generation in the scale and horror of the Holocaust, hang...
(0) Comments | Posted 12 March 2013 | (13:16)
Lisa Clair and Jason Craig in Beowulf at the Adelaide Festival. Photo: Shane Reid
How do you stop a play about an epic Anglo-Saxon poem from turning into a dreary high school history lesson?
Turn it into a dreary version of High...
(1) Comments | Posted 8 March 2013 | (05:16)
The cast of Prudencia Hart - David McKay, Alasdair Macrae, Paul McCole and Annie Grace holding Melody Grove (Photo: Drew Farrell)
Last night, I had a middle-aged Scottish woman gyrating on top of me in the centre of a whooping audience of...
(6) Comments | Posted 11 January 2013 | (23:00)
For Nick Clegg, I have a plea. For the nation, I have an apology.
Firstly, to the well-dressed people of Great Britain, I would like to repent. My confession: I was one of the first journalists in the country to spring the 21st Century's greatest crime against fashion on to...
(0) Comments | Posted 20 March 2013 | (13:46)