John Pilger, winner of the Sydney Peace Prize, has always positioned himself as outside the mainstream media. But his age and location – he hasn’t lived in Australia since the early 1960s – mean that his criticisms of the local media are outdated.
Talking the Town
Talking the Town: Harry M, superstar
Not everyone in this town is wild about Harry M Miller, but he can really pull a crowd, with Lindy Chamberlain, Stuart Diver, Michael Kirby, Marcia Hines, Stuart Wagstaff and many more turning up to a Kings Cross nightclub for the launch of his autobiography last night.
Talking the Town: Ray Martin’s book launch
Last night we time-travelled back to a kinder, gentler time, at the launch of Ray Martin’s autobiography, complete with an introduction from Sir Michael Parkinson and music by Geoff Harvey.
Talking the Town: Don Watson’s Bendable Learnings launch
Management language has spread to the most unlikely places and has “seeded itself” — mainly through consultants, according to Don Watson. Margot Saville reports from his book launch.
Talking the Town: bookmaker Bill Waterhouse’s autobiography launch
There was no more fabulous place to be in Sydney yesterday than at Tattersall’s Club for the launch of colourful bookmaker Bill Waterhouse’s autobiography, What are the Odds? The Bill Waterhouse Story.
Thank God for Richard Wilkins!
On a day that Sydney’s dust storms felt like the end of the world, it’s appropriate that it was ended in the company of Max Markson’s notorious clients.
Talking the Town: The 86 Biggest Lies on Wall St launch
There was no better way to commemorate one year since the fall of Lehman Brothers than in the company of esteemed economics editor Ross Gittins and author John R. Talbott.
Talking the town: Hugh Evans live — not much to scoff at
Former Young Australian of the Year and Oaktree founder Hugh Evans delivered last night’s last night’s Sir Keith Murdoch Oration. And sadly for the cynics, he was clever, earnest, dead keen and nothing to scoff at, says Bhakthi Puvanenthiran.
Talking the town: Tony Abbott gets down on his knees
Margot Saville relives all the glitz and glamour (ahem) of Tony Abbott’s booklaunch.
Talking the town: talking heads at the Toxteth
Grumpy Old Women, in descending age order, confront Margot Saville with tales of God and pilates.
Talking the town: the Australian Book Industry awards
Like Christmas in the trenches, all hostilities were suspended last night as the local book industry got together for the Australian Book Industry Awards.
Talking the town: CEO Sleepout at Luna Park
This may not be the day to ask your boss for a pay rise, if he or she took part in the St Vincent de Paul CEO Sleepout last night, writes Margot Saville.
Talking the town: Therese Rein launches into a sea of hugs
Although Ms Rein’s pre-Kiliminjaro fitness program is strictly off-limits to the fourth estate, Crikey can exclusively reveal that she looked fantastic.
Talking the town: Turnbull tales and Gillard among the chosen
Julia Gillard has revealed that she relaxes by reading “very bad” detective novels, walking on the beach and “going out to dinner with friends, the usual things,” writes Margot Saville.
Talking the Town: mutants and deviants at Bob Ellis’ book launch
Bob Ellis was his usual cantankerous, curmudgeonly, vastly-entertaining self at the launch of his new book last night, writes Margot Saville.
