With life being back to near-normal over the past three months, I have been back to near-normal in terms of reading quality fiction, watching some great theatre and viewing some wonderful movies and series. It has been an exhilarating term for me arts-wise. BOOKS I’ve had a chance to read 9 novels over the past three months, several of which … Read More
With regards to the arts, these three months have been an exquisite mixture of reading quality fiction (11 texts in all), viewing some great movies on the big screen, and watching some excellent series on the small screen. Viewing and watching is always great at this time of the year as the world moves toward ‘Oscar season’. There has to … Read More
Because of the extended lock-down we have been in – and continue to be in if you’re in Auckland – this Arts update is exclusively about the books that I have been reading during the lockdown. Eighteen books in all!! Yes, I could also write about the streamed shows I’ve looked at, but it’s my reading that has pre-occupied me. … Read More
I’m beginning this Arts review with my reading journey that included three of the novels short-listed for the 2021 International Booker Prize – two translated into English from French and one from Spanish. Subsequently, I read another seven novels from around the world: three from America, one from the UK, one from Egypt, one from Barbados and one from across … Read More
As usual, I’ve read a diverse range of books, watched a number of movies and seen some wonderful plays over the past few months, taking me to all corners of the world. One of the reasons I love all of these stories is because they introduce me to ideas and take me into places and characters I would never normally … Read More
At the end of my last Arts Update (August 2020), I was part way through reading Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet and about to start David Mitchell’s Utopia Avenue. I would highly recommend both of these novels, but especially Hamnet. Set in seventeenth-century Warwickshire (England), Hamnet is a beautifully written fictionalisation of the ups and downs of William Shakespeare’s family and particularly … Read More
Anzac Videos – Dr Murray Gadd reads Torty & The Soldier Scroll down for the video or click here Watch The Video Lesson Sharing We recommend that you share this video lesson “in-class” at full screen, when face to face with your tamariki. The main reason for this is because we feel it’s best used as a Teacher Aid. We … Read More
Anzac Videos – Dr Murray Gadd Reads The Bantam and the Soldier Scroll down for the video or click here Watch The Video Lesson Sharing We recommend that you share this video lesson “in-class” at full screen, when face to face with your tamariki. The main reason for this is because we feel it’s best used as a Teacher Aid. … Read More
Anzac Videos – Dr Murray Gadd Reads Roly and the Anzac Donkey Scroll down for the video or click here Watch The Video Lesson Sharing We recommend that you share this video lesson “in-class” at full screen, when face to face with your tamariki. The main reason for this is because we feel it’s best used as a Teacher Aid. … Read More
Anzac Videos – Dr Murray Gadd Reads One Minute’s Silence Scroll down for the video or click here Watch The Video Lesson Sharing We recommend that you share this video lesson “in-class” at full screen, when face to face with your tamariki. The main reason for this is because we feel it’s best used as a Teacher Aid. We highly … Read More