Drawing Room Articles
From Boy's Own Thriller To Farcical Comedy In Just 39 Steps
Steve Dow meets the British actor who found a calling as a playwright.
Drawing A Blank
ON a wall of my home is a painting of a goldfish swimming between two green things. There might be a coloured rock as well. I forget.
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A Rush Of Bonhomie All Labor But Unlaboured
IT WAS under the chandeliers in the opulence of a grand drawing room that Labor's leaders gathered to reflect on Kevin Rudd's vision of new federalism.
Wait For Seal Of Approval A Cosy, Family Affair
THE ceremony might have taken place in the formal state dining room at Government House, but the swearing-in of John Brumby's cabinet was a fireside and family affair.