New York Times book reviewer Janet Maslin seems to think that Lloyd Jones has invented the island of Bougainville for his Booker Prize short-listed novel Mr Pip: The children of…
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While most of New Zealand's attention is on France I will also be keeping an eye on South Africa and the first World Twenty20 (or is that 20Twenty?) Championship. It's…
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Baltimore in the 60s must have been quite a place as it has inspired films like Barry Levinson's Diner and Tin Men as well as the entire John Waters canon,…
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I can now safely ditch both Engadget and Gizmodo from my feeds. BoingBoing has added a tech blog written by Joel Johnson who, helpfully, can actually write: In the strange…
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The Great Iraq Swindle: How Bush Allowed an Army of For-Profit Contractors to Invade the U.S. Treasury (from Rolling Stone) In a much-ballyhooed example of favoritism, the White House originally…
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Like a cross between a bloodthirsty B-movie and something off the National Geographic channel, New Zealand feature The Tattooist struggles to marry the chills and thrills of a stylish low-budget…
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