‘And so I said, ‘The mountain glen I’ll seek at morning early and join the bold United Men’ while soft winds shook the barley.’
In early 20th century Ireland, rural workers ally to form volunteer freedom fighter armies to take on the brutal British ‘Black and Tan’ squads. Brothers Damien and Teddy form a resistance unit [...]
Looking For Cheyenne is a tale of tender connections in an unimaginative political time.
Sonia works at a high school on the industrial outskirts of Paris. Her lover, a talented journalist, has been unable to find work in over a year. Penniless and principled, Cheyenne decides to leave the system entirely and live as a gleaner, [...]
At the time of writing, the Lebanese villagers of Qana are mourning their dead’more than half of them children. In one stroke, Israel’s armed forces have destroyed almost as many Lebanese lives as the total number of Israeli lives lost since the conflict began nearly three weeks ago. Israeli forces have declared a ceasefire for [...]
On a soggy Sunday afternoon in Footscray, the parental gratitude in the room was tangible. Musicians had wacky teeth bearing hats, and balloons and squeaky objects were causing a commotion. The animated offspring of an appreciative and burgeoning audience were up at the front. At this free concert, the atmosphere was a unique and loopy [...]
As any ‘cheese-ophile’ can tell you, camembert cheese especially pleases when it ripens over time and gets creamier. As any lover of cabaret will divulge, cabaret is best enjoyed in a shadowy club at night while huddled around a table, une bouteille d’ Barossa Shiraz in hand, with the prospect of dubiously mounted tassels somewhere [...]