The Kinks : Waterloo Sunset – London, The River, A Lonely Man & Two Lovers!

I always learn so much with your posts on music from my era. Thanks again, Thom.

The Immortal Jukebox

‘The most beautiful song in the English language’ (Robert Christgau)

‘Divine … a masterpiece’ (Pete Townsend)

‘As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset I am in paradise’ (Ray Davies)

A song about : London, The River, A Lonely Man and Two Lovers by A Great Songwriter leading a great Group.

The Voice of London:

It is, of course, a song about London.

Londinium. The Capital. The Big Smoke.

Now, there are other fine cities on other great rivers in this nation.

But, but, there is only one London.

And, if you want to find out who you are, not who you’ve been told you are, and how far you can go – well then, London, London, is the place to be.

Nowhere else. Nowhere else.

Kings and Conquerors. Poets and Peasants. Saints, Sinners and Scholars.

Those looking for the limelight and others looking to hide out – they’re all…

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Meet the Author: Matt Towner

Alas, I am still waiting to get out of my own way…

In Their Own Write

Matt’s top tip for aspiring authors: Never give up and if I can help you to get started I am happy to atwww.travellerstaleswriters.com

Matt Towner graduated from university in Brisbane, Australia in
1989 with a BA in Journalism. Afterwards, he set out to explore
the world where he was inspired to write about travelling tales
through the people he met along the way. Since then he’s
published a number of stories including The Pocket Book Guide to
Byron Bay, The Gemstone Book of Runes, Crystal Carvings,
Opal Magic, Rasto Roo, Bris Vegas and Positive Investments.

AUTHOR INSIGHT

Why do you write? I was born to write and I have wanted to do so since I first started school and continued to write throughout boarding school then university and ever since.

What would you be doing if you weren’t a writer? Travel has always been my other passion and I…

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Sunday Shorts: Waltzing Tilda

Jonathan Wilhelmsson – certainly a talent to watch!

Cinema Australia

Waltzing Tilda is the best Australian short we’ve seen this year. We couldn’t think of a better way to spend a cold Sunday night than watching a short film of such high quality. Enjoy.

Written and Directed by Jonathan Wilhelmsson
Produced by Raquel Linde
Starring Holly Fraser, Glean De Goya & Bandit the RabbitWaltzing Tilda is a Sydney-set comedy-drama about an eccentric lone wolf named Tilda who one day wakes up to find herself the last human on earth.

“Both teachers and students at the school were very sceptical about the achievability of the film and asked us to make something else instead.”

Article by Jonathan Wilhelmsson (Director, Waltzing Tilda)

I’m a 25-year-old filmmaker from Sweden. I currently live in Sydney where I recently finished my studies at Sydney Film School. During the course my classmates and I made Waltzing Tilda. It’s a comedy-drama about an…

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