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Ken Judge RIP

WA launchKen Judge, pictured with Paul Daffey, launched the 2008 Footy Almanac at Gil Fraser Reserve, home of the North Fremantle Amateur Football Club. He came immaculately dressed, as always, and very well prepared.

Ken enjoyed the function, made us laugh and kicked on with a few beers. The Almanac, he said, gave a great fans’ eye view of the season.

Noted for his beautiful kicking, he was a premiership player with East Fremantle (1979) and Hawthorn (1983), dual East Fremantle premiership coach (1992 and 1994), an assistant at Carlton for their last flag in 1995 and AFL coach with Hawthorn and West Coast.

Ken Judge died today 15 January 2016 – it was his 58th birthday.

 

 

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FILMS I MOST ENJOYED IN 2015 by Richard Jones

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MOST film reviewers come up with a Top Ten list at the end of a busy year’s watching and writing. Maybe just a scant Top Five as Margaret and David used to compile on At The Movies.

For me, I go for a Top Twelve. Not a baker’s dozen, but an even figure.

Some of the movies I most enjoyed this year would certainly rate as ‘arthouse’ but there always seems to be a handful of films which most folk would classify as multiplex offerings.

So here goes for this year: Continue reading →

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The best of 2015 by Nick Gye 

The beginning of our annual look back, your lists and essays are welcome dear readers…

NickComrades, a year of great upheaval- disruption – as they say. But, was it really? Is the new normal the new normal? In a time when mediocrity abounds we look forward to a 2016 where the tortoise will be able to lay down with the lamb, and the forces of darkness shall be weakened incrementally. Continue reading →