Articles by Lawrence Gibbons
Why Melbourne is leaving Sydney in the dust
With a cheap last minute flight booked on a budget carrier, I jetted off to Melbourne for ... Read more
Village of the Damned
Late last year, the City of Sydney convened a new retail advisory panel comprised primarily of large ... Read more
Thu January 6th, 2011 - 1 Comment
Marking the Julian Calendar
Talk about a public relations disaster: our own Aussie battler Julian Assange was locked up in a ... Read more
Sydney’s Party Poopers Pull Out All the Stops
Right out on Bourke Street, locals are grooving on the granite footpath as they devour delicious Asian ... Read more
Sweet Dreams: Don’t Let the Bugged Bed Bite
You can slumber blissfully tonight. If a terrorist is sleeping under the bed, the NSW Police still ... Read more
Thu October 21st, 2010 - 12 Comments
Manhattan on the Rocks
When Kristina K Keneally officially opened Central Park off Broadway less than nine months ago at the ... Read more
Thu October 7th, 2010 - 9 Comments
Young Heart Run Free
Australia is evenly split down the middle. Following months of political purgatory, Julia Gillard now rules over ... Read more
Speed kills
Maybe he was walking out of a pub after a few too many. Or maybe he ran ... Read more
Wed September 15th, 2010 - 1 Comment
Pulp Friction
Every year around this time, Australia’s newspaper executives gather to hear the same grim news. This year ... Read more
Thu September 2nd, 2010 - 2 Comments
BEST LAKSA: KOPITIAM
Every expense has been spared in decorating the joint; but the mismatched tacky tables and the wobbly ... Read more
Arts & Entertainment
Music
DEATH GRIPS - THE MONEY STORE
After attracting a lot of attention for ...
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JULIA HOLTER - EKSTASIS
Swirling sounds of multiple melodies and many ...
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THE BLACK SEEDS - DUST AND DIRT
New Zealand reggae-soul hard hitters The Black ...
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Theatre
STRANGE INTERLUDE
Known as American dramatist Eugene O’Neill’s 1923 ...
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WHEN DAD MARRIED FURY
When your banker dad who has a ...
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REASONS TO BE PRETTY
Reasons To Be Pretty certainly opens with ...
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Events
SYDNEY WRITERS' FESTIVAL: your week sorted with our shortlist
May 14: National Biography Award It’s hard to ...
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THE WRITER'S PLAYROOM: BENITO DI FONZO
Playwright, poet and performer Benito Di Fonzo ...
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WEATHER FESTIVAL
MY 21st birthday party involved a lot ...
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Comedy
BOB DOWNE'S 20 GOLDEN GREATS
Bob Downe is back and with him ...
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THEATRESPORTS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Leave the maroon and blues at home ...
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TOMMY DEAN
It’s hard to forget this United States-bred, ...
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Books
THE PRIVATE, THE PUBLIC, AND THE LINE IN BETWEEN
You know that old line, ‘whoever invokes ...
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BEHIND THE LINES
Published in newspapers, journals and online, cartoons ...
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AN EVENING WITH RICHARD DAWKINS
Richard Dawkins is not one to shy ...
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Exhibitions
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA
While Harry Potter die-hards may still be ...
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HUNTERS HILL ART EXHIBITION
Hunters Hill, the little suburb that could. ...
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EXPOSED
It’s fitting that the Latin root for ...
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Movies
DARK SHADOWS
Every yahoo off the street knows you ...
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THE DICTATOR
Critics will tear this film apart. The ...
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SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL: INFINITE STORIES
When you’re faced with a film festival ...
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