Former journo bringing flamenco to Upper Hutt
Ian Sinclair has partied with Rod Stewart, been arrested in Spain by General Francisco Franco’s secret police, and in his sixties has found a new career as a flamenco guitarist.
Best known as an experienced journalist on TV One, he covered more than 2000 stories. A regular on the Holmes Show, he spent periods as a foreign correspondent in areas like Kosovo and Afghanistan.
On Monday, March 22, he will be playing Ian Sinclair – My Secret Life, at Expressions Upper Hutt, combining his love of flamenco with the story of his life and career.
My Secret Life, at Expressions Upper Hutt, Monday, March 22 8pm, tickets $20.
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Driven On The Akatarawa Rd Lately?
If so, its good to know you are still alive and reading this.
We have a function to go to over Christmas up that way and having heard a few hairy stories about the road, I went up there on Thursday to check it out. The road's ok, narrow and winding, but not much worse than a Wellington hill suburb. What was pretty scary was the behavior of other drivers. Three vehicles heading the other way at speed would have crashed into me if I hadn't been pulled off the road. I had pulled in to check the address when a truck came flying past, taking up all of the narrow road at speed. There is no way the driver would have been able to stop had they come around the corner immediately in front of me. The other two drivers came hurtling past as I had turned in to turn around and come back down the hill. They were also driving at speed and taking up most of the road. Coming back down I passed another car coming up and estimate that the safe speed to pass another car was about 30-35 kms.p.h. So, now we're thinking, do we go to the function or not.? Feels a bit like we're taking our life in our hands going up there. Drivers appear to be overconfident, and they are courting serious injury.
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