Archive for May 4th, 2008

Sunday with Sirdan: Chinese Whisper/Brett Whiteley/The Oxford

May 4, 2008

Good day. Chinese Whisper served us well with a new duck dish they have on the menu. Then we decided to have a drink at the Oxford in Darlinghurst, but on the way called in at the Brett Whiteley Studio:

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If ever you are in Surry Hills, don’t miss it. Amazing. The site gives you some idea…

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More Tartan Noir: Frank Muir "Eye for an Eye" (2007)

May 4, 2008

When I spot a bit of Tartan Noir in Surry Hills Library I tend to give it a go. And so I borrowed this novel by Frank Muir, not the one some will recall from endless repeats of the classic British series “My Word” on Radio National. That Frank Muir died ten years ago, I see.

This Frank Muir now lives in the USA but is Glasgow born and bred.

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