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Amanda Riddell
Oct 164 min read
Trip to the British Isles (part 2)
13 August 2022 (Stephen) Today we went to Edinburgh Castle where we saw some dungeons, a chapel, a great hall which had several weapons,...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 154 min read
Question Time 15.10.2024
Union protest next Wednesday - 11:30am. Fight Back Together. 49th anniversary of the Misuse of Drugs Act was on the 10th. Oh, and the...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 151 min read
The Dictator - Italy trip
A story that Stephen and I wrote for Mum. Mum often encouraged us to write stories or poems as birthday gifts. Double-edged sword......
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 155 min read
Trip to the British Isles (part 1)
Ok, I'll interlace this with my diaries and Stephen's diaries. There's also a real journal that I wrote in Italian during this trip, but...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 142 min read
Why was this copyright war so intense?
Well, the main reason is that most young people haven't made a film before, and therefore aren't fully aware that there are these...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 141 min read
Photos of the neighbourhood in Milano
That's the slide that I fell off, then ended up circumcised... see, it's really retro! That's the school. These were taken at the park...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 148 min read
Dubai trip - Andrew's perspective
Andrew Riddell was my father, and Portrait of a Knight is dedicated to him. We all wrote trip journals, and this was his journal of the...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 141 min read
Trip to Monaco
Albenga was where the second ATKK office was, so my Dad visited there often. My memory of Albenga was that it had the best gelato of...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 131 min read
To Ainsley Gardiner
You ARE going to apologise to me about your little stunt. I won't meet you otherwise. By making those mean comments (via proxy) about my...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 131 min read
The back channels
Well, when I was dealing with the fuzz (hippie word for police), or with the Prime Minister, the subterfuge made sense and I personally...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 121 min read
Another photo
This is my Dad, my twin brother and I eating on the balcony of our apartment in Via Carozzi, Milano. Referenced this in Fantasia Italiana.
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 123 min read
Trip to Italy
An email I sent to a friend from Christchurch who was also very brainy. Trimmed it, but kept the typos. Hi Nathaniel I'll start from my...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 121 min read
Garden of Man
The flowers which lie on the grass where the trees which fly into the sky start here. The flowing lakes sit in the grass. The grass...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 122 min read
It's lonely at the top
That's what I'd say I've learned from Peter and Fran. Particularly Peter: we haven't met, but I'm fairly sure he's met other people on...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 121 min read
Comparisons with Don
Well, I don't think they're terribly helpful. That's the fans working out how I fit into the canon of NZ rock, while I'm approaching him...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 113 min read
The bald facts
There is no contract between me and Wellington to make Weeded Out. I have never been held under a compulsory treatment order, and even if...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 104 min read
To Ainsley Gardiner and Tory Whanau
Don't use TWOA as a way of scolding me. You two made your own bed by using illegal methods to communicate with me about Weeded Out, and...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 104 min read
chatter
Well, I think people might get the impression from the documentary that the guitar is the most important thing in my life. Well, I'd say...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 101 min read
Risk-averse Pākehā
I sat typing on my screen, Knowing that they would read my anguished cries. Those wise greyhairs and ageing Gen Xers. Searching for the...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 103 min read
Being the mascot
The boycotts are increasing my political capital in Wellington, and that's partly because I'm literally like the symbol for rainbow...
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