As often happens with me, I was an active poster on Björk's official website for about a year or so, before I became irritated with my own and other people's posts and stopped posting all together. I still visit quite frequently for updates, and in this respect the site remains an invaluable resource. So without further ado here is my review of the ( Read more... )

Background

Ariette Taylor's production of Ivanov is a Melbourne first, some 120 years after it was first performed in Russia, and a good seventy or eighty years after Chekhov's later plays became a standard part of local repertoires. Another point of interest is that it was produced entirely without external funding. One can only assume that ( Read more... )

The Ariette Taylor Project Ivanov website is an interesting tie-in with the actual theatrical production of the play by the same name, which was performed by Taylor's company at 45 Downstairs in Flinders Lane. It's quite a modest little site and has an appropriately simple, edgy design. The homepage has slanting, bold, sans seraph script than ( Read more... )

It's been a few days since I wrote anything... It was good to see you back without a neck brace Rosanne. Hope you're feeling better soon ( Read more... )

Embarrassingly enough, I recall browsing The Republic of Pemberly - a Jane Austen enthusiast website - in 1995 when the Austen rage was at its height and when it was all about Colin Firth's strolling over the grounds of Pemberly in his wet shirt. The site must have been very young at this stage ( Read more... )

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Dear all: this is my first journal entry so obviously I'm a little bit nervous about the whole setup... but anyway here we go ( Read more... )

Dear Sajee,

You're a sweetheart. The cake was and is delicious. The link worked. As the french say, Merci mille fois

Now for my review.

Gentle reader:

Gofugyourself, which may be accessed at the following link text is written primarily - if not exclusively by two writers who call themselves Heather and Jessica. The tacky picture of Joan ( Read more... )