18 DecpmSun, 22 Dec 2019 15:45:04 +08002019-12-22T15:45:04+08:0003 2014 by Les Everett - 0 comments

Best of 19’s crime by David Wish-Wilson

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This year has been a good one for crime reading, with some favourite new novels out by Adrian McKinty The Chain, Emma Viskic Darkness for Light, Dave Warner River of Salt, Garry Disher Peace and Jock Serong Preservation. For my Christmas reading, I’m looking forward to cracking into Sticking It to the Man: Revolution and Counterculture in Pulp and Popular Fiction, 1950 to 1980, edited by Andrew Nette & Iain McIntyre, following their earlier pulp collaboration – Girl Gangs, Biker Boys, and Real Cool Cats: Pulp Fiction and Youth Culture, 1950 to 1980. I’ve got a chapter in the new book, but I know I’m going to love the range, research and comment across the whole thing. Continue reading →

18 DecpmSat, 21 Dec 2019 16:27:05 +08002019-12-21T16:27:05+08:0004 2014 by Les Everett - 0 comments

Looking in the eyes by Song List Rat

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Again it’s the end of the year and you wake from the weight of 12 months of heavy slumber and brush the sleep from your eyes. You look in the mirror and what else can you say but I’m “Edrych yn Llygaid Ceffyl Benthyg”. So sung Cate Le Bon on her first EP. Translated from Welsh it means “Looking in the Eyes of a Borrowed Horse”. Continue reading →

18 DecamThu, 19 Dec 2019 10:17:12 +08002019-12-19T10:17:12+08:0010 2014 by Les Everett - 0 comments

Inter-league saved: Ballarat v Bendigo next May by Richard Jones

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It’s generally acknowledged that the Christmas festive season brings with it dollops of good cheer and for Bendigo’s representative players that’s certainly the case for late 2019. Continue reading →

18 DecamTue, 03 Dec 2019 10:48:31 +08002019-12-03T10:48:31+08:0010 2014 by Les Everett - 0 comments

Can inter-league footy be revived? by Richard Jones

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Inter-league football has hit a number of speed humps in the past few weeks with AFL Victoria virtually closing the entire road system off. Will the famous Bendigo Blue and Golds still be able to organise a match, say against old rivals Goulburn Valley or Ballarat? At the time of writing it’s still to be figured out although at least the ‘Don’t Enter’ signs haven’t been finally erected just yet. Continue reading →

18 NovamTue, 26 Nov 2019 10:01:59 +08002019-11-26T10:01:59+08:0010 2014 by Les Everett - 0 comments

What’s in the WAFL 2019

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We’ve thrown up a few names under the What’s in the WAFL headline over the past few years… Tim Kelly, Marlion Pickett, Nathan Broad, Liam Ryan, Liam Baker, Sydney Stack, Aaron Naughton, Sam Taylor, Shai Bolton, Marcus Adams, Matthew Parker, Bailey Banfield… there are some AFL premiership players there. Continue reading →

18 NovamThu, 14 Nov 2019 09:45:05 +08002019-11-14T09:45:05+08:0009 2014 by Les Everett - 0 comments

One Lions’ roar too many

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Six days before the AFL grand final thrashing there was another lop-sided decider. The scoreline was similar and the margin greater in the WAFL grand final. Like the vanquished Giants, the WAFL runners-up South Fremantle managed just three goals for the game and were out of the contest before half time. Continue reading →

18 OctamMon, 28 Oct 2019 11:26:02 +08002019-10-28T11:26:02+08:0011 2014 by Les Everett - 1 Comment

All bets are off

The horses were gathered behind the barrier. The big moment was approaching and they’d soon be on their way in the 2018 Melbourne Cup. I was on the Irish horse The Cliffsofmoher for two reasons – I’d visited the real Cliffs of Moher in 2017 and the horse had run a good race in the Caulfield Cup. Continue reading →

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