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Interviews
Frank Conroy: From Boardroom to Broadcasting StudioIt's a giant leap from the lofty boardrooms of Sydney's CBD to the shoestring studio of a community radio station in the Southern Highlands, but it's one that Frank Connroy, a former head of Westpac and a director on many company boards, has made with passion and flair. Every Tuesday he presents a smoothly professional two hour current affairs, talk and music programme on Highland FM (107.1). Read more... |
Frank Williams, Golfer ExtraordinaireFrank Williams started playing golf at nine years of age; by 18 he was a good golfer. He was also married. By 24 he was a super salesman but lost his car licence, so he emigrated to Australia and started all over again. And again he became successful. More by accident than design he became a golf tournament entrepreneur and then Greg Norman's manager. Now he's come out of retirement and is back on the golf course, this time managing and marketing Mt Broughton Gold Club at Sutton Forest. Read more... |
Glen Preece InterviewBeing a painter was all Glen Preece ever wanted to be. At 17, he became the youngest person to enroll in a TAFE art course. Three years later, disappointed in the direction the teachers were heading, he walked out, much to his mother’s dismay. She locked herself in a cupboard in protest. "She was there three or four hours," says Preece. "She screamed and wailed and went on and on. But it didn't move me." Now, with paintings selling for up to $18,000, he is reaping the rewards of years of hard work and self-belief. Read more... |
Barbara Craven: A fashionable lifeBarbara Craven has just turned 90 and it’s 15 years since she retired, but few people could match her enthusiasm when it comes to discussing their careers. For almost 40 years she sold fashion in London, dressed Sydney’s society set and regularly travelled to Paris on buying sprees. Read more... |
The Kevin 07 ManYou may not have heard of Neil Lawrence but he’s been inside your head. The part-time Jamberoo resident is the man who masterminded the Kevin 07 campaign. What did he think of the election and why wasn’t he working on it? Read more... |
Laughter is the Best PhilosophyIt’s a long way geographically, psychologically and philosophically from Goulburn to Beijing. It’s a long way, too, from John Deng to Deng Zhong, his pre-Australian persona, and from Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution to an unremarkable house in the back street of Australia’s first inland city. But John Deng has made a comfortable and happy transition. Read more... |
Interviewer Interviewed: Peter ThompsonFrom his early teens, Peter Thompson knew exactly what he was going to do. He would be on radio and he would be a horse-race commentator. He also loved train spotting and read Hansard in his spare time. Peter Meredith puts Talking Heads presenter Peter Thompson in the hot seat and discovers the interests and influences that led to his successful career in broadcasting. Read more... |
The Archibald winner in his home studioArtist Ben Quilty is at the top of his game, winning the 2011 Archibald Prize and exhibiting this year in Adelaide, Hong Kong, Korea and locally in Goulburn. He tells Deborah McIntosh about his reckless past, his drive to paint the dark side of masculinity and his new struggle with beauty. Read more... |
Tale that cuts to The ChaseVeteran foreign correspondent Christopher Kremmer tells Peter Meredith how a chance discovery in a Kangaroo Valley bric-a-brac shop set him on the road to a new literary venture. Read more... |
Craig ReucasselLong before Craig Reucassel started lampooning politicians, provoking the public and generally raising havoc as a member of The Chaser television team, he was a model student at Bowral Public and Bowral High. Read more... |
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