The Unilluminated

28 April 2014 London Eleanor Catton’s Booker Prize winning novel The Luminaries is an impressive achievement. But despite elegant writing … More

Pro Patria Mori

25 April 2013 London ANZAC Day: a celebration of New Zealand’s national identity, or a reminder of a pointless bloody … More

20 November 2012 London Prime Minister John Key’s thoughtless “gay red top” gaffe demonstrates the persistence of homophobia in New Zealand’s … More

24 October 2012 London My submission to the New Zealand Parliament, who are currently considering allowing gay and lesbian couples … More

25 April 2012 London Leading the Globe Theatre’s World Shakespeare Festival off with a roar, a New Zealand theatre company … More

23 October 2011 London Rugby, the game that personifies New Zealand’s macho homophobic culture, is now a thing of homoerotic fantasy – … More