Gordon Campbell on the best music of 2019
In a year where so many of the highlights came from female musicians, there was one standout album…
Nilüfer Yanya
Best Music of 2019… So Far
This mid-point, as we’re heading into the cold… it seems like an ideal time to list a few albums and tracks to keep the wolves of winter at bay.
Gordon Campbell on the human rights dimension of Jacinda Ardern’s visit to China
It is also difficult to imagine that even a moral lecture by a New Zealand PM would do much to improve the lot of the persecuted, or make the tyrants mend their ways
Gordon Campbell on Brexit and Christchurch tragedy porn
Just when we thought the Brexit mess couldn’t get any messier, it suddenly has.
Gordon Campbell on the best music tracks of 2018
Oliver Godji, who records as Octavian, is a French/British/Angolan rapper based in London. As someone born in Lille, France, he didn’t qualify for welfare in Britain…
Gordon Campbell on why the Royal Commission into child abuse needs to change its timeframe
Obviously, it is good news that the coalition government has broadened the scope of its Royal Commission into the abuse of children, beyond its previous focus on children in state care.
What does Winston Peters want his legacy to be?
From here on, his power will diminish…