Amy Salisbury and Nimita Bagadia are the 2024 City of Kingston Women of the Year. Kingston Mayor Jenna Davey-Burns presented the awards at the annual International Women’s Day (IWD) event at Kingston City Hall. In this podcast from A Newsman and His Music, Amy Salisbury is speaking with Colin Tyrus.
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Australian music icon Deborah Conway talks to Craig Francis about her upcoming theatre performance with her partner Willy Zygier at the Frankston Arts Centre, based on her recent memoir ‘The Book of Life’. Deborah also discusses her earlier days as a model and actress, and some of the highlights of her extraordinary music career across Do Re Mi and as
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Jessica Lewington from UN Women Australia talks to Craig Francis about the history and significance of International Women’s Day, particularly in modern day Australia. Jessica also discusses the work of UN Women Australian in celebrating the day itself as well as their ongoing efforts in standing up for women’s rights.
Read moreBritish director Jonathon Glazer likes to unsettle his audience from the get-go. The beginning of his latest film The Zone of Interest, involves five minutes of blank screen with ominous atmospheric music and ambient noise. Eventually we see a lush, verdant riverbank with people lounging in the sun as if in some vision of Eden. It soon becomes clear this
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On the first Friday of each month from 6-7 PM, Cindy Sullivan presents music and chat with a philosophical edge. This episode of ‘What The World Needs Now’ was broadcast on Southern FM on Friday 1st March 2024. In this episode, Cindy proposes that ‘what the world needs now’ is HAPPINESS. “Don’t wish me happiness I don’t expect to be
Read moreIn 2021, Denis Villeneuve’s first instalment in his cinematic version of Frank Herbert’s iconic 1965 science fiction novel Dune saw young, floppy-haired Duke, Paul Atreides (Timothee Chalamet) battle the invading armies of the nefarious Baron Harkonnen (Stellan Skarsgard) before becoming a desert dwelling, giant sand worm-loving freedom fighter. It was essentially a sci fi Lawrence of Arabia. While technically impressive
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