Posted in News on 30 October 2008 | 2 Comments »
I may as well comment as the nation is obsessed by this
Jonathon Ross and Russell Brand are paid to be outrageous, edgy and rude, that’s their job. And although in particular Jonathon Ross has been in the industry for long enough to have known better, a LOT better, than to have pursued this particular line [...]
Posted in Life on 30 October 2008 | 3 Comments »
So. I’m in Northampton, which is in the English Midlands, not far from where I used to live before I went to NZ. I’ve been spending the last few weeks trying to get to know the town (it is one of the largest towns in England never to have been a city, city status in [...]
Posted in Film on 3 October 2008 | 4 Comments »
On my flight to San Francisco I watched Recount with Kevin Spacey, the story of the Al Gore/George Bush voting issues in Florida in 2000. It was gripping. Even though you knew what was going to happen, I was on the edge of my seat throughout. The tension, the atmosphere, the emotion captured me completely. [...]
Posted in Life on 3 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I never knew I could cry so much
Posted in NZ on 2 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m off today. Blighty here I come. Wellington has turned on a beautiful day for my departure, bright and shiny. You can’t beat Wellington on a good day.
I wish I could type “All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go” but it isn’t true, unfortunately. But by 3pm they will be, and I will [...]
Posted in NZ on 1 October 2008 | 4 Comments »
Driving along Aotea Quay today on my last full day in Wellington, I espied a National party billboard. Shame I didn’t get a photograph. The line was “1 out of 5 school leavers doesn’t pass NCEA”
Who’s going to gell the campaign manager that “1 out of 5″ is a plural, not a singular? If you’re [...]
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