Writer Kate Camp: My story, as told to Elisabeth Easther
3 May, 2021 05:00 PM
8 minutes to read
Kate Camp: I have a brain and it needs to work. Photo / Supplied
Kate Camp is taking part in two panel discussions at The Auckland Writers Festival (May 11-16), including one with Bill Manhire. Currently on sabbatical from Te Papa, Camp is working on her memoir while she continues with Kate s Klassics on Saturday Mornings with Kim Hill.
I was a great reader, but I wouldn t have described myself as bookish. I was more of a daredevil, always seeking attention by doing outrageous things. One family photo sums up my personality perfectly. I was about 3 and we re at the Christmas table. We had those streamers you blow out at parties and I ve got one up each nostril.
Kevin Page: Chilly mornings and the tea cosy - a wee trim to make it fit
3 May, 2021 05:00 PM
5 minutes to read
Remember the tea cosy? One of the woollen things caught the eye of Kevin Page who put it on his head and started prancing around for a laugh. You ll never guess what happened next. Photo / Getty Images
Remember the tea cosy? One of the woollen things caught the eye of Kevin Page who put it on his head and started prancing around for a laugh. You ll never guess what happened next. Photo / Getty Images
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Prisoner on a Chinese reality show In a story reminiscent of David Seymour on Dancing with the Stars, a Russian man who joined a boy band competition show on Chinese TV on a whim but quickly regretted his decision has finally been released from his three-month ordeal after making it all the way to the final. Vladislav Ivanov, a 27-year-old from Vladivostok, was working as a translator when producers reportedly noticed his good looks and asked him to sign up as a contestant. Ivanov agreed but quickly came to regret the decision. Unable to leave on his own without breaching his contract and paying a fine, he instead begged viewers to send him home and deliberately performed poorly in the hope of being voted off. His first song was a half-hearted Russian rap, in stark contrast to the high-pop of his competitors. Please don t make me go to the finals, I m tired, he said in a later