Category: culture

Taking it to the streets

TONGA FANS IN AUCKLAND

FACES IN THE CROWD All through the night in downtown Auckland we had been serenaded by a constant chorus of Living on a prayer from the English pub next door. “It’s because of the rugby,” I said. The following day the GF asked, “What’s that red and white flag hanging out of that apartment window?”

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Full Circle

REVIEW: Ocean Colour Scene The Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Adelaide 14 November 2017 The last time we saw Brit-poppers Ocean Colour Scene was in the tiny Islington Assembly Hall in north London. This time, at Adelaide’s perennial favourite music venue the Gov, there were as many English people as at that earlier gig. It felt like

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