Here at CairnsCommunications, we are proud to join with other advertising and marketing professionals in joining the ‘Say No To No’ campaign. We have no objections to working for religious organisations (and have done work for some in the past), but on THIS issue, a line has to be drawn. As a straight couple, no-one…
This is the first time I’ve ever reblogged a blogpost from someone else – but I urge you to read this … Source: An open letter to the Prime Minister of Australia
This week’s Saturday Arts post is an amazing treat for fans of Jazz and Swing – 650 tapes · 1,000 hours · 1,378 WAV files · 637 GB · 691 JPEG scans of cassette liner cards & literature. David W Niven was a high school teacher from New Jersey – who compiled 650 cassette tapes of…
You may remember about six weeks ago I looked at Young Adult fiction, and it’s appeal to adults. The general feeling was that the books appeal to a large number of adults because they are satisfying – presenting complex ideas in relatively simple ways, and reaching conclusions that are in the words of one an analyst…
I was always such a movie buff – as a kid, I clearly remember the time spent at the Randwick Odeon, or the Randwick Ritz, watching films like Doctor Who and the Daleks, and later Daleks – Invasion Earth 2150 (two Doctor Who movies that are clearly ‘non canon’ for Whovians – but which, as a kid, I thoroughly enjoyed.)…
I’ve been listening to David Bowie’s new album, Blackstar over the past couple of days, and I have to say – it’s like nothing he’s done for years. Bowie’s one of those unique creatures, who can keep reinventing himself. This current album’s been described as bleakly noir, and inaccessible, and evocative, and introspective. But its…
It’s a sad day here at Cairnscommunications. Today, we hold a service to celebrate mum’s life. She died on Sunday, at 91. I’ll upload my eulogy for her a little later today, but first, I just wanted to share this photo.. One of the last ones with all four of us kids, plus dad (before…
I was reading an article on adults who read “Young Adult” fiction, when the author asserted that the reason so many of us like reading books ostensibly written for teens is that they have “satisfying” ends. I’ll get to that in a moment – but first some background. It could be argued that the “Young…
First up, welcome to the new Cairnscommunications blog. It’s got a new look, as you can tell – but it’s also got a new commitment from me. When I gave up full-time work about six months ago, it was to give me time to write about the things I love, and to travel, and to…
I’m relaunching this blog page tomorrow – and part of the redesign will be Tuesday Cruiseday posts .. but I thought I’d post this here, first. With all the bad PR that P&O is getting over the Aria and the Eden (and questions about whether they were rushed through their refurbishments), you may have missed…
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