by Jenny Thompson | May 10, 2015 | Books, Reviews
Julie Goodwin (Hachette Australia), 256pp, RRP $45.00 If you want to make something during the week that’s quick, easy and hearty then worry no more. Solid, decent, homely, there’s nothing flashy, fancy or faddish about this book. Rather, it’s a solid and simple way...
by Jenny Thompson | Apr 12, 2015 | Books, Reviews
James Wallman (Viking) 2015, 358pp, RRP $29.99 The title may suggest that this book offers an easy way to declutter your house but it’s so much more than that. It’s a wide-ranging look at the over-consumption of western societies, and a clarion call to replace...
by Jenny Thompson | Mar 11, 2015 | Adelaide Festivals, Comedy, Reviews
Thebarton Theatre, Tue Mar 10 Ross Noble just can’t stop talking. Even after two hours, and a stage bow, he bounds back for more… and he’s still funny. Whereas many comedians struggle with an hour show, Noble’s humour just flows… and flows… and you just have to go...
by Jenny Thompson | Jan 7, 2015 | Books, Reviews
Simon Sebag Montefiore (Quercus/Hachette Australia) 2014, 272pp, RRP $36.99 You can’t help but notice that the majority of speeches included in this book are made by middle-class white men. This doesn’t particularly mark out the proclivities of Editor Simon...
by Jenny Thompson | Jan 7, 2015 | Books, Reviews
Joan DeJean (Bloomsbury USA) 2014, 308pp, RRP $32.99 There’s no doubt about how much Joan DeJean loves Paris in the spring… and the summer, autumn and winter. To write to such a meticulously researched book on the minutiae of Paris’s transformation through the ages...
