Category: culture

Saints and sinners

St Kevin's Arcade, Auckland

AN EPICURE IN AUCKLAND Away from the sleaze and grime of Auckland’s Karangahape Road and red light zone, known by the locals as K Road, St Kevin’s Arcade offers respite for the weary traveller or local. The arcade, named after the patron saint of Dublin, offers an old colonial shabby-chic sanctuary from the craziness of

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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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