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Vagabondage — video-footnotes — a companion Youtube playlist

Posted on November 8, 2021 by Beth Spencer

For readers of my poetry memoir, Vagabondage (UWAPublishng, 2014), about the year I lived in a campervan and ideas about ‘home’ — here’s a playlist of video ‘footnotes’. So if you were wondering where the phrase ‘leave no trace’ came … Continue reading →

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In Praise of Men in Frocks: Vale Brian Crossley – Mrs Flower Potts from Adventure Island

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Beth Spencer

Sad news that Brian Crossley — the actor who brought Flower Potts to such vivid life in the 1960s childrens’ classic television series Adventure Island — died at his home on the weekend, aged 85. Flower Potts was special because … Continue reading →

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Vale: The Magic Man, Godfrey Philipp (1936-2011), beloved producer-director of Adventure Island, Magic Circle Club, and much more

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Beth Spencer

I have just heard the sad news that, Godfrey Philipp, co-creator of the award-winning and beloved children’s TV series Adventure Island (1967-1972) and the Magic Circle Club (1965-7), and one of Australia’s most brilliant and pioneering television producers from the 60s and … Continue reading →

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