Time moves on! NZ banned Lone Ranger comics in 1956 because it was 'an offence to wear a mask in a public place'.

Great to visit the new Smith's bookshop in Chch. Not as big as the old Manchester St store but some real gems there.

Wellington's legendary Aro Video will be 25 years old next month. Look out for Golden Tickets (a la Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)

loving that lemongrass soap fresh from the ecostore...only trouble is that after a shower I smell like a lemonade iceblock

Curious echoes of 1975 election when SIS-derived document leaked to Muldoon enforcer NZ Truth helped set campaign ablaze

Well-placed rumours down here that sales of hager book now exceed 30,000 #inkyway

Truth is still out there #MoT

Just in: why left and right get up each others noses theweek.com/speedreads/ind…

New NSA boss foreshadows expanding role for agency against 'murky malefactors of the internet'defenseone.com/politics/2014/…

Squad of green green cabbage trees outside my window are ready for a photo, lifting camouflage hats, picked clear against sharp azure sky

Life On Mars re-runs. Ciggies look good enough to eat. Tobacco was true global love affair of 20th century. By 1972, relationship souring.

Still haunted by news story about nasty clowns in France. Especially quote by an academic 'rumour expert'. That covers everyone I know.

When Iggy Pop danced on Bowen Street in 1979, the Beehive looming above him. Frightened the grey-shoed horses. nzonscreen.com/title/radio-wi…

@AlexFensome Hiya I got [email protected]

NZ History Research Trust Fund Grants 2014. Congratulations to redmer yska and other recipients scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1412… via Scoop Independent News

Want to know how to browse the internet with a torch? telegraph.co.uk/news/science/s…

It is 30 years in July since French spies brought terrorism here. No Western ally truly stood by us. Kiwis weep for France but we remember.

Note that our Sam Neil plays lead role in United Passions, new $30 million FIFA hagio-flick out this week. Critics already blattering it.

Life and death of a hard-working girl undergroundhistory.blogspot.com/2015/08/life-a…

Sad to hear of death of (Sir) James McNeish, one of our greatest writers. His Dance of the Peacocks remains indelible NZ classic.