Tim Robertson
Helen Thomson reviews 'The Pram Factory: The Australian Performing Group recollected' by Tim Robertson
Helen Thomson
Friday, 16 September 2022
At last a history, thirty-two years after the event, of the Australian Performing Group (APG), albeit in the form of highly personal ‘recollections’ from Tim Robertson, one of the group’s stalwarts. The Pram Factory is a handsome, large-format book, containing many wonderful photographs recording the young radicals of the 1970s who created Australian theatre history.
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Published in
September 2001, no. 234
Tim Robertson reviews 'China Panic: Australia's alternative to paranoia and pandering' by David Brophy
Tim Robertson
Wednesday, 23 March 2022
Moral certitude, wrong-headedness, and ignorance inform what passes for debate about China in Australia today. There is so much grandiose proselytising born out of flawed history and tired tropes. Considering how ill-informed the most prominent Australian commentators are about China, it’s quite a feat that they’re often more deceived about their own nation.
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Published in
May 2022, no. 442