Archive for the ‘News’ Category
News coverage: Mosman girl’s bomb scare
Posted by: Nat on: August 4, 2011
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Last night, an 18-year-old girl spent around 10 hours trapped inside her house with what was suspected to be a collar-bomb around her neck. (Read more about it here). It was a big news story because it was such an extreme action taken by a criminal that will no doubt have traumatised this girl. What [...]
Rescue of Chile Miners
Posted by: Nat on: October 14, 2010
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What a dramatic last 24 hours. The rescue of the 33 miners in Chile had me glued to live television and internet coverage, just engrossed in the drama that was unfolding. I think this was one of the most exciting, emotional and triumphant news stories of the past decade. There were so many elements to [...]
John Lennon – ‘Gimme Some Truth’ campaign
Posted by: Nat on: September 6, 2010
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Given the title of this blog “A Day in the Life”, it’s only fitting that I discuss Beatles-related news, and this is big!… (The most exciting thing since The Beatles were remastered! ) To coincide with what would have been John Lennon’s 70th birthday on October 9th, Yoko Ono is overseeing a new “Gimme Some [...]
Harry Potter theme park opens
Posted by: Nat on: July 24, 2010
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It was the moment fans around the world had been waiting for – the opening of ‘The Wizarding World of Harry Potter‘ theme park at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. Based on the immensely popular series of books, the theme park aims to bring alive the magic of J K Rowling’s creations. Visitors can walk [...]
Tim Burton in Melbourne!
Posted by: Nat on: June 22, 2010
(From my cinema blog:) Tonight I had the fantastic opportunity to attend my favourite director, Tim Burton’s Castaway session at ACMI ahead of the opening of his exhibition on Thursday. He revealed the top five films he would take on a desert island, which were an interesting mix of horror, monsters and… well, they weren’t [...]
President of Poland dies in Plane Crash
Posted by: Nat on: April 10, 2010
I am still in a state of shock having just heard that the President of Poland, Lech Kaczynski, along with a reported 87 other people, has been killed in a plane crash in Russia. The President was on his way to Smolensk for the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre (the murder of 22,000 Poles [...]
Bushfires reignite the pain of our nation
Posted by: Nat on: February 9, 2009
Well, I’m back with another post. This time about something so unbelievable and so tragic that it has transformed our summer for the worst. I’m talking about the horrific bushfires that have so far claimed over 100 lives and destroyed at least 750 homes- with the figures constantly increasing. In actual fact there are about [...]
