Book Reviews

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Reading Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, JK Rowling's sixth instalment of the Harry Potter story, is disturbingly similar to watching a competent support band prior to a Rolling Stones' conc

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

There are few books so completely reminiscent of childhood holiday reading than the Narnia series.

The Hobbit

No author towers above a single genre in quite the same way discussions of fantasy are inevitably dominated by JRR Tolkien.

Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines

To currents students at Nudgee, the word "diddley" will forever be associated with Ned Flanders, Homer Simpson’s neighbour and arch nemesis.

Around the World in 80 Days

In the days before DVD players and Pay TV, movie buffs were generally confined to Friday evenings and Sunday afternoons for their fix of classic movies.

Biggles: Pilot and Adventurer

Long before JK Rowling penned a few stories about a teenage wizard, or Stephanie Meyer decided that a vampire love story might potentially attract a wide audience, generations of schoolboys enjoyed