Philip Matthews
@secondzeit.bsky.social
Journalist in Christchurch, New Zealand. Senior writer with The Press newspaper. Reviewer of the year (Voyager Media Awards 2022). Author of The Quiet Hero (2023), the story of a peaceful NZ volunteer's death in Ukraine.
I’d like to think that if TS Eliot had a job writing about comedians for a newspaper, he might have started a story like this
October 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I’d like to think that if TS Eliot had a job writing about comedians for a newspaper, he might have started a story like this
At the back of an Anglican church in north Canterbury
October 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
At the back of an Anglican church in north Canterbury
What does Uber know that I don’t know?
September 9, 2025 at 5:52 AM
What does Uber know that I don’t know?
Headline of the year
September 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Headline of the year
Yes, really enjoyed this. It’s funny, tender, respectful. And some of the archival clips are just fantastic.
August 19, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Yes, really enjoyed this. It’s funny, tender, respectful. And some of the archival clips are just fantastic.
The Clean sort of make the cover of the NZ Woman's Weekly
August 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The Clean sort of make the cover of the NZ Woman's Weekly
Got a foggy notion
August 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Got a foggy notion
Two Robertson brothers have books out, named after songs
August 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Two Robertson brothers have books out, named after songs
Life and death at the Lumiere
August 14, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Life and death at the Lumiere
Sam Neill's performance as pervy painter Norman Lindsay in Sirens, alongside uptight vicar Hugh Grant, seems especially overlooked in the recent top 20
August 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Sam Neill's performance as pervy painter Norman Lindsay in Sirens, alongside uptight vicar Hugh Grant, seems especially overlooked in the recent top 20
Still catching up on Maurice Gee.
July 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Still catching up on Maurice Gee.
Inspired by the Australian PM, I voted for the 10 best Australian songs
July 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Inspired by the Australian PM, I voted for the 10 best Australian songs
A free copy of Saturday Night Fever* to anyone who can name the link between these two books
*not really
*not really
June 12, 2025 at 3:54 AM
A free copy of Saturday Night Fever* to anyone who can name the link between these two books
*not really
*not really
Send him to outer space to find another race
June 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Send him to outer space to find another race
