ARTISTS and sportspeople have a lot in common… really. I’ve never understood the idea that art and sport are somehow opposed to each other. I’ve spent a lot of time with artists, and a little time with sportspeople, and I’ve come to the conclusion that they’ve got more in common with each other than just [...]
Art v. Sport (or not)
June 19th, 2009 5 Comments
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On Q and A next week…
August 8th, 2008 7 Comments
Talk about a hiding to nothing. I’m going to be on ABC TV’s interactive political panel discussion show Q and A next week. I will confidently predict that the show will have amongst its worst ratings for the year. Hopefully this will be more to do with it going head to head against the Beijing [...]
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Me v. the Olympic Elites
June 3rd, 2008 5 Comments
If you were are all convinced that this site would be reserved for serious discussion of arts, cultural policy, the state of the nation and the odd tale of a bizarre night at the logies. Think again! For the 8 weeks leading up to the Olympics i will be doing a regular spot on 774 [...]
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