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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit While the title may draw obvious comparisons with Taika Waititi’s Academy Award-winning effort, this is actually based on Judith Kerr’s much loved, barely fictionalised 1971 book, which was inspired by her own childhood. As in the novel, the action takes place well before World War II, with nine-year-old Anna Kemper’s (Riva Krymalowski) thrown into chaos by the prospect of an Adolf Hitler victory in the 1933 German elections. An outspoken critic of the...

Wyn Drabble: Still in search of penguins 19 May, 2021 06:00 PM 4 minutes to read Wyn Drabble is on the lookout for penguins. Photo / NZME NZ Herald In his book Land of Two Halves, Joe Bennett said, "Oamaru is Timaru with penguins." Well, not any more. Timaru has its own penguins and they are at the port end of Caroline Bay. Timarus penguins even have a website and from it I learned all the collective terms that can be used for penguins. I cant vouch for their accuracy but Im w...

May 10, 2021 Instagram/twohalves.skincare What is it like working together with someone with an “opposite personality”? Just like yin and yang, this mother-daughter duo somehow makes it work. For Ashley Yong, her mother’s illustrious career in a leading cosmetics firm managing brands like Bobbi Brown and Estée Lauder was the inspiration behind starting her own vegan-friendly beauty brand called Two Halves. However, it took quite a bit of convincing for Jo Yong to get on board with her p...

IPO activity in 2021 looking ‘promising’ By Jerome Doraisamy|28 February 2021 According to a new report, Australian IPOs will defy early expectations this year, following a record end to 2020. Herbert Smith Freehills has released its 2020 Australian IPO Review – A Tale of Two Halves – which covers the key IPO themes and activity from across the Australian market from the last year and predicts the trends expected in 2021. The report found that the total market capitalisation of entit...

Singapore-based sensitive skin brand Two Halves is ready to shake off the COVID-19 impact with new products and a renewed focus on building brand awareness and online distribution in the new year. Two Halves was founded by a mother-daughter duo with a strong background in the beauty industry. Jo Yong was formerly with the Estée Lauder Companies, where she held key roles in brands such as Estée Lauder, Origins, Bobbi Brown and Tom Ford. Her daughter, Ashely Yong, wa...

How to make a pilgrimage into 2021 We walk forward into unknown terrain, not certain of what we will encounter, but learning to trust that hospitable grace will sustain us.  Photo by Jon Tyson/Unsplash/Creative Commons December 31, 2020 (RNS) — The disruption of our normal routines wrought by COVID-19 means this new year will be celebrated more with quiet and reflection, rather than with crowded parties. It can bring the gift of opening an inner space where we can entertain pre...