Tag: Tim Martin

Sadly, the time has come for me to farewell the Aussie Times faithful and hand the reins of our wonderful publication over to our fantastic new Editor — Alexandra Ivett.

RIGHT SAID ED | On the eve of the 2012 Olympic Games, I was walking through north London in a pretty and unobtrusive back alley, when out the corner of my eye I spotted a very familiar sight.

With Cold Chisel set to play their first northern hemisphere dates in almost 30 years, Ian Moss chatted to TIM MARTIN about what it’s like being back on the road, how Cold Chisel could have been as big as AC/DC and how you don’t always need to be the best ...

RIGHT SAID ED | In less than a month London is going to be transformed. Not from Olympic fever or Trenton Oldfield histrionics (fingers crossed) but from a righteous celebration that will be the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

RIGHT SAID ED | Forget Kony. Forget the Mayan prophecies. Forget Bieber, One Direction, Charlie Sheen (and any other headline grabbing celebs). Forget the Arab Spring and the US Elections. Forget everything! Because in 2012, London is all you need to know.

RIGHT SAID ED | Is it just me or is Twitter all the rage at the moment?

Australian Times Editor TIM MARTIN sat down with Blue Mountains-born brother and sister, Heidi and Ulrich Lenffer, ahead of their band's huge NME Awards Show gig this Friday. Chatting about everything from Aussie fans and breaking into Europe to sky diving and family fights on tour - we get the ...

RIGHT SAID ED | What happens in London, the capital of rain, when a bit of drizzle falls on the tracks? Pandemonium! That's what happens.

Australia Day, that holiest of days for Aussies, is one huge celebration of everything Australian. And I can’t think of anything better to celebrate than the fact that I am, you are, we are — Australian.

Looking ahead to Australia Day, we preview and predict a few of the songs and artists likely to feature on Triple J's Hottest 100 list. Are we right?

RIGHT SAID ED | Apparently yesterday, the third Monday of January, was the unhappiest day of the year! But I just don't get the hysteria.

RIGHT SAID ED | And so you have safely negotiated another New Year's Eve! Well done and welcome Australian Times - 2012. What a year we have to look forward to.

RIGHT SAID ED | 2011 has been an action packed year for Australian Times. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you, our readers and our writers, for contributing to such an awesome year.

RIGHT SAID ED | It's that time of year when inevitably my expat Aussie mind starts thinking of home. Thinking of the sun and the surf and my mates playing cricket on the beach. Of Christmas with the fam. Of an Aussie summer and cold VBs on the back verandah.

RIGHT SAID ED | If you're reading this and your calender hasn't flipped into 2012, then you still have time to donate to the thing that is growing on my top lip - yep, my Movember moustache! You still have time to donate to anyone's for that matter.

They’re one of the biggest musical comedy acts to come out of Australia. Meet the Axis of Awesome! TIM MARTIN chatted to the boys backstage just before their London gig last week.

RIGHT SAID ED | I've got to hand it to the Poms. Watching Guy Fawkes Night in and across the UK is one of my greatest thrills.

RIGHT SAID ED | Just how sensitive are some people?

RIGHT SAID ED | I was honoured last Thursday with one of the biggest privileges of my life. I was royally invited to Buckingham Palace to meet the Queen. Needless to say it was one of the most amazing nights of my life.

When Sydney boy Lachie Chapman moved to London six years ago, little did he know the drastic direction his life would soon take. Now a member of the hugely successful singing group The Overtones, the booming baritone told TIM MARTIN just what it’s like to be a UK hit.

RIGHT SAID ED | Australians living in the UK are a fairly tight community. We drink together, we play together, we travel together and together we reserve the right to whinge about the weather and whinge about the whinging Poms.

RIGHT SAID ED | Cockroaches. For some, that one simple word can evoke fear, revolt and panic. And no, I'm not talking about Queensland rugby league fans.

Tim Martin chats to Michael Hohnen ahead of his European tour with Australian musical genius, Gurrumul, and finds out just who is the man that lives in Gurrumul’s shadow.

RIGHT SAID ED | I'm not too sure whether to love an 'Indian summer' or not! Of course I love any opportunity when the sun decides to shine in England and I can do as the Poms do and find the nearest green space, strip naked and marinate in the ...

RIGHT SAID ED | It was my birthday last week and as I prepared to celebrate turning yet another year 'younger', it dawned on me that sometimes in England, the Poms have things round the wrong way a little.