by Fiona West | Aug 8, 2017 | media, reviews
Thirty-seven years ago Melbourne single mother-of-two Maria James sent her eldest son off to school with a chilling message: “If anything happens to me look after your brother.” That afternoon in June 1980, Maria was dead, found brutally stabbed 68 times...
by Fiona West | May 18, 2016 | books, reviews, writing
Just the mere mention of the words Tiananmen Square is enough for most Westerners to flash back to the infamous massacre of unarmed civilians on June 4, 1989 and the indelable image of “Tank Man” standing off against the PLA soldiers in the Beijing Square...
by Fiona West | May 6, 2016 | media, movies, reviews
Spotlight shows the importance of journalism at a time when the value of the profession is being questioned, budgets are being tightened and newsroom numbers are dwindling. Spotlight tells the true story of how a small team of tenacious investigative journalists at...
