Radio presenter, graphic designer, bridge player, amateur astronomer, pianist, Doctor Who tragic. bit.ly/2MBSInCon
Joined November 2009
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May 7
The sublime @eddieizzard on creating a one person Hamlet. 🎧 Hear the whole interview at bit.ly/InCon239 and 🎭 don’t miss Suzy Eddie Izzard in Hamlet @SydOperaHouse
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May 6
Still floating on air from spending an hour with @eddieizzard on #InConversation. We spoke about her extraordinary one-person Hamlet, stand-up, acting, politics, coming out as trans, and a career built on persistence, reinvention and wit. This is one to listen to! Links below.
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Apr 15
Sir Donald Runnicles joined me on In Conversation - from Tchaikovsky and Wagner to the art of conducting (and flying planes to unwind). A fascinating hour with one of the greats. 🎶catch him this week conducting @sydsymph
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Jan 21
From the Northern Beaches to the Vienna State Opera and beyond – Margaret Plummer on Hansel, green lights, fearless leaps and life on the world’s great stages. Don’t miss her in @OperaAustralia Hänsel & Gretel. 🎧 listen at bit.ly/InCon224a
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Jan 14
Spent an hour with Caroline O’Connor @cazoconnor talking Sondheim, Broadway, ballet, Baz Luhrmann & singing to the dog in the ‘good’ lounge room. Funny, fearless, and gloriously honest.
🎧 bit.ly/InCon223
🎭 catch her in Sondheim’s Putting it Together at Foundry Theatre
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22 Dec 2025
A story which is key in my development as a totally obsessive fanboy… and it shows in our discussion! It made me the man I am today!
21 Dec 2025
Well, our show has just turned twenty, and so it's time for everyone alive and available to celebrate by reporting to the BBC Television Centre. But only one man can give them all exactly the right things to say and do — Terrance Dicks.
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ALT The first three Doctors are gathered around a polystyrene plinth covered with haphazardly deployed mathematical symbols. They are deep in thought. Behind them we can see the Brigadier, Sarah and Tegan.
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19 Dec 2025
Love this story and loved discussing it. So much class, so little time!
14 Dec 2025
This week, on a planet where evil carnivorous overlords oppress and prey on a helpless populace, we decide to watch and discuss State of Decay.
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500yeardiary.com/s3/e4/
ALT The Three Who Rule: Camilla, Aukon and Zargo, regal figures in dark red medieval garb standing in a richly decorated red room. Aukon stares ahead, his jaw clenched. Camilla and Zargo stand behind him, baring their teeth.
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26 Nov 2025
Mark Kilmurry and I chatted about everything from Dial M for Murder to new Australian writing, onstage mishaps, and the art of running @ensemblesydney. A generous, funny, deeply thoughtful guest. 🎭
🎧 Apple: bit.ly/InCon218a or Spotify: bit.ly/InCon218s
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27 Aug 2025
I’ve known Brett Weymark for 20 years — still funny, thoughtful & just a little cheeky. In this week’s In Conversation, he shares his journey from school singalongs to the Opera House stage.
🎧 bit.ly/InCon205 | 🎵 A Child of Our Time, Sep 13 @SydOperaHouse @sydphil
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28 Jul 2025
Toby Schmitz @fallofasparrow adding some lovely colour to his nostalgic reminiscences of working on Broadway. 🎧 Hear our whole chat at bit.ly/InCon200s and don’t miss him @BelvoirSt for Grief is the Thing with Feathers 🎭
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24 Jul 2025
Thanks Toby, you were the perfect guest! 🙏😊
24 Jul 2025
Had a truly fun chinwag with Simon here on his podcast, about the play we’re opening in a matter of days (!🦋), about my novel, about nostalgia… dovetailed with some of the tunes on my current playlist.
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23 Jul 2025
Toby Schmitz @fallofasparrow is one of those guests who makes you laugh, think & want to re-read Hamlet. Actor, playwright, novelist, Shakespeare tragic, Stoppard obsessive, don’t miss him in Grief is the Thing with Feathers @BelvoirSt
🎧 bit.ly/InCon200s
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7 Jul 2025
Our final 500 Yr Diary for this season was a surprising addition - as I suspect was the fact The Well ended up being a return to Midnight. Our musings below. Looking forward to a return later in the year…
6 Jul 2025
The surprising return of a decades-old monster leads not only to the revision of a long-dormant TARDIS Wikia page, but also to an addition to the current season of 500 Year Diary. So join us for one more visit to Midnight — it’s The Well.
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500yeardiary.com/s2/e11/
ALT A close-up of Aliss, a young woman with a dirty face, tousled hair and a thoughtful, slightly downcast expression.
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11 Jun 2025
Fascinating to meet @ejdougan for this week’s In Conversation. We talk Strozzi, Monteverdi, Polish baroque, ensemble singing and #ChoralChihuahua. He’s in town with @TheSongCompany Saturday @SydOperaHouse
🎧 bit.ly/InCon194s (Spotify) bit.ly/InCon194a (Apple)
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9 Jun 2025
To my mind, #doctorwho took a massive step backwards for S23. Our look at Mindwarp below, where I also wax lyrical about the brilliance of Sil’s first outing, too. There’s a lot crammed into this one!
8 Jun 2025
This week, the 1980s brings back its most iconic original villain (possibly) to face off against the Sixth Doctor for the second time. But is the reunion a success?
#DoctorWho
500yeardiary.com/s2/e7
ALT Sil sitting in his chair, wishing they had found a more attractive new body for Lord Kiv.
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2 Jun 2025
A story whose promise is let down by a succession of poor choices in its realisation and execution, is where I ended up landing in this, our take on the Season 21 opener Warriors of the Deep. Commence ignition Scibus!
1 Jun 2025
This week, the Earth’s original inhabitants wake up from hibernation after about a decade, put on their best fibreglass vests and samurai outfits, and invade an undersea base at 0.5× speed. The Silurians and Sea Devils are back — but why?
#DoctorWho
500yeardiary.com
ALT A bruised and battered Peter Davison glowers after his ordeal, convinced that there should have been another way.
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