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In the footsteps of Captain Corelli: A pilgrimage for the book that transfixed 15-year-old me

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Lily Richards takes an epic trip to the setting of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – the book that saved her from herself.  It takes 23 hours to journey from Auckland to Cephalonia, Greece, island home of the fictional Captain Corelli, Dr Iannis, and his daughter Pelagia. For those 23 hours I was filled with a deep … Read more

bFM is turning 50 and other radio stations are still shit

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This week the Auckland radio station 95bFM celebrates its 50th anniversary. Russell Brown looks back at the station’s history, the hurdles it’s overcome, and why it thrived. To understand what 95bFM is celebrating this week, it’s useful to look at what New Zealand was like in 1969 when a group of University of Auckland students … Read more