Philip Matthews @secondzeit
Senior journalist with The Press. Author of THE QUIET HERO (Allen & Unwin, 2023). Reviewer of the year (Voyager Media Awards 2022). These opinions are my own. Christchurch, New Zealand Joined December 2010-
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Top five Leonard Cohen: Famous Blue Raincoat Avalanche The Partisan Suzanne You Want It Darker
“We later found out that Hamas had offered on October 9 or 10 to release all the civilian hostages in exchange for the IDF not entering the Strip, but the government rejected the offer.” timesofisrael.com/no-doubt-netan… via @TimesofIsrael
Israeli politician Fleur Hassan-Nahoum is asked about the bodies of Palestinians being recovered from mass graves and she says they were terrorists. Kay Burley then asks why some of the victims had their hands tied behind their back.
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1/3 It was such a pleasure to interview Emily Perkins recently, the author of Lioness, a finalist in the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Her book is one of four I am reading as an Ockhams Fiction Champ. To read
This assessment by Bernie Sanders is spot-on. It is a pity the Biden administration and many of its liberal democratic allies have not got the moral courage to communicate the same message to the Netanyahu government.
This assessment by Bernie Sanders is spot-on. It is a pity the Biden administration and many of its liberal democratic allies have not got the moral courage to communicate the same message to the Netanyahu government.
I wonder what media trust was like in New Zealand in 1915. Must go back and check.
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“Can you call the philosophy department and tell them I’ve been arrested?” is an all-time quote.
“Can you call the philosophy department and tell them I’ve been arrested?” is an all-time quote.
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@secondzeit I reckon I'm one of the few people in the country to have seen Leonard Cohen, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson each sing 'Bird On The Wire'.
@flaneuse_di @secondzeit The version of 'A Thousand Kisses Deep' he did in Christchurch in 2013 was utterly incredible.
@grantkmcdougall @secondzeit It's such a beautiful song.
@secondzeit As you say, hard to boil it down... Sisters Of Mercy* I'm Your Man Famous Blue Raincoat Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye* Tower Of Song * included on the first two CBS Rock Machine sampler LPs in the late 60s, and the first things I heard by him.
Ripley: what an exquisite, sumptuous piece of television
@secondzeit Also: A singer Must Die (especially the Jennifer Warnes cover)
@secondzeit Chelsea Hotel #2 and Anthem have to be contenders?
Nicola Willis and Chris Bishop: it is simply too hard to build a windfarm or a solar panel that will enable us to meet our ambitious climate goals Shane Jones: I am going to bludgeon this kiwi bird with a piece of coal
OTD in 1986 absolutely nothing happened in Chernobyl. There was however a rapid, unplanned disassembly which resulted in the plant achieving its 10 year energy target in 2 nanoseconds that was according to the plan.
Quite a funny dynamic with the fast track bill where National goes around trying to sell it as vital for climate action only to keep getting undermined by one of the deciding ministers blurting out "I am going to buzzsaw a skink"
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This piece by Virginia Fallon is bang on thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350252…
@paulhpowerhouse @secondzeit How long did it take till we found out why they attacked turkey