VALE Dr Carl Scholtz – MB, MRCPA, PhD, MSC -doctor, pathologist, teacher, writer, poet; long time member of my Bayside Poetry Group. Carl’s poems are included in BPG anthologies and his work has featured on many Write Now programmes over the years. Last year when I devoted a whole Best Medicine programme to Poetry’s health benefits I began with Carl
Read moreHere it is, the top Songs of Hope Christian song for 2012. It was selected by listeners. The song with the most downloads was adjudged the winner. The winner is “The Peace of God” an original song created in 2012 by Nick Flynn of Brisbane with words by Ellen Carr. Listen again and enjoy: The runners up were: “Shackles” by
Read moreHere it is, the top Songs of Hope story for 2012. It was selected by listeners. The story with the most downloads was adjudged the winner. The winner is the story of Joseph Scriven and his writing of the hymn “What a friend we have in Jesus”. The story was presented by Noel Greig. Listen again and enjoy: The runner-up
Read moreQuartet like The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is one of those rare films aimed primarily at audiences aged over 60. Unfortunately this film has neither the astute eye for character nor the clever, endearing script of Marigold. As a very British film with no American cast members, Quartet is a surprising directorial debut for Dustin Hoffman. Set in an opulent
Read moreThe British black comedy Sightseers is one of the strangest and funniest films of the year. Part road trip, part serial killer film and part twisted romance, the film somehow manages to successfully mix brutal murders with quirky and endearing comedy. Sightseers stars Alice Low and Steve Oram (who also wrote the script) as two oddball Brits, Tina and Chris
Read moreFor those who have seen the “qatsi” films Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi, Samsara will be pretty familiar. The film is essentially, an hallucinogenic document of the world and its people conveyed through images of the vast chugging machinery of civilization and nature all backed by new-age ambient music. The film comes from Ron Fricke who gave us the similar Baraka in
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