Finishing up my prep for tonight’s Short-Cuts segment for RNZ Nights with @emiledonovan.bsky.social. On at about 8.40 to talk about the Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival, Riz Ahmed in comedy/drama Bait and Bogart in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre on Kanopy. 101FM or online.

I love my free-ranging conversations every Friday night with @emiledonovan.bsky.social on RNZ. Tonight we went from Asha Bhosle (sorry you can’t hear the track) to Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s chest to unsung Wellington acting stalwart Ralph Johnson.

@arseblog.com to get the ball rolling before I head into work - do you find it odd that with all the attacking talent at our disposal, with all the importance of defensive discipline in ‘flair’ positions, we decide to give a free role to … our left back?? It is just bcs he handsome #Arsecastextra

Well, it was a slight exaggeration to call me a prison architect - I merely advise - but it was great to speak to @emiledonovan.bsky.social @rnzrss.bsky.social this morning about my research and my new book An Architecture of Hope. Listen in www.rnz.co.nz/search/resul...

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Great chatting with @emiledonovan.bsky.social on RNZ Nights just now. Reviewed Taki Rua-Breaking Barriers and Moana 2 and argued that the second one wouldn’t exist without the first one. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

In about half an hour I'll be chatting with @emiledonovan.bsky.social on RNZ Nights about Kate Winslet's new film LEE, the website NZ Film On Demand and the Damon/Blunt romantic fantasy THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU on TVNZ+. 101FM or online.