Ian “Molly” Meldrum will always be remembered as the face of the legendary pop music show Countdown, but there was a voice on the program that was just as well known to viewers. Gavin Wood was the off-camera announcer who introduced the show and many of the performers who graced our television screens. On the 50th anniversary of Countdown, Gavin
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Councillor Georgina Oxley has been elected as Mayor and will lead the Kingston community for the next 12 months. Longbeach Ward Councillor Oxley was first elected to Council in 2016 and is now serving her third term. This will also be her third time as Mayor. In this podcast, Georgina Oxley is speaking with Colin Tyrus on A Newsman and
Read moreThe SECA Panel dissected all of the play from day two of Round 5 Shield grade matches and round 3 & 4 matches from other grades and week one of the T-20 competition on this week’s show. Click on the media player below for the podcast. Pictured (courtesy Sonia Carroll Photography): Le Page Park veteran Hemantha Alles put on an
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Here’s the latest Podcast of SUNDAY LUNCH from the 17th of November 2024. A veritable smorgasbord of tracks from different eras and genres and the usual ramblings and musings from Denis and Ewan. Click on “Read More” below to hear it. And follow us on Instagram: @Sundaylunch883.
Read moreOpening this year’s British Film Festival was the moving if uneven World War Two home front drama, Blitz from 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen. Blitz is at times surprising and quite radical in a way that’s guaranteed to provoke conservatives but in other ways it’s very old fashioned and reminiscent of much-loved childhood adventure stories like The Railway
Read moreFor over 50 years British auteur Mike Leigh has been powerfully depicting the lives of disaffected people and those who don’t fit society’s prescribed mould. Who could forget Lesley Manville as the desperately lonely outsider in Leigh’s brilliant Another Year. His films are uniquely insightful about the human condition but often difficult to watch. The title of Leigh’s latest film,
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