Michael talks movies and entertainment with Simon Foster - Host of the entertainment podcast 'Screen Watching'.

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Michael is joined by Brendan O’Neill, journalist & Editor of ‘Spiked’ and host of the ‘Spiked’ podcast, to dissect the stories making headlines in the U.K. & the world over the past week.

You can keep up to date with Brendan’s most recent work by visiting the ‘Spiked’ website www.spiked-online.com

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Michael has a weekly chat with Sue Dodd from the Sydney Markets about what bargains are on offer at the markets this week…

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Aussie historian, author & entertainer Jim Haynes joins Overnight each week for his unique knowledge of the not-so-famous characters from Australia’s history. This week Jim shines the spotlight on Joseph Beeston.

Joseph Lievesley Beeston was born in Newcastle in 1859. The son of the traffic manager on the new Newcastle to Maitland Railway, he was educated in Newcastle and then went to study medicine in London and later attended the Dublin College of Surgeons.

Beeston practised medicine in Newcastle and became President of the NSW British Medical Association and Honorary Surgeon at Newcastle Hospital. He was also President of the Newcastle School of Arts and the Newcastle Agricultural and Horticultural Society. In 1908 he was appointed a lifetime Liberal member to the NSW Parliamentary Upper House.

He served as Honorary Captain in the Army Medical Staff Corps from 1891 and enlisted on the outbreak of war in September 1914. As Lieutenant Colonel he was Officer in Charge of the 4th Field Ambulance at Gallipoli and was awarded the CMG and VD.

He contracted malaria and was invalided to Wandsworth Hospital London and upon recovery served as Assistant Director of Medical Services to the 2nd Division. In 1916 he returned to Australia and wrote the book from which the pieces used here were taken, ‘Five Months At Anzac’, the same year. He died in 1921.

 

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Michael speaks with Terry McCrann, Business Commentator with The Australian, about where Australia’s inflation rate might be heading.

The official inflation rate out of the U.S.A. early yesterday was 8.5 percent with the U.K. currently at 7 percent.  While nowhere near this in Australia, our inflation rate is however rising.

‘The Reserve Bank will finally raise its official rate in June – the first rate hike it will have made since late-2010; and so, when the banks follow through with rate hikes on home loans, the first increase in repayments the vast majority of borrowers will have ever experienced on their current loans’, writes Mr McCrann.

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Michael is joined by Sarah Boorer, Communications professional & CWA award-winning cook, to look at the world of baked goods, delicious treats and & easy recipes.

This week Sarah looks at Easter egg rocky road slice.

Base 

1 cup plain flour 

½ cup brown sugar 

½ cup desiccated coconut 

125g butter, melted

Topping

1 bag pascall pink and white marshmallows 

1 block dark cooking chocolate 

1 cup soy protein crisps 

¾ cup raspberry jelly lollies or turkish delight 

8 cadbury caramilk easter eggs 

Handful Cadbury mini eggs 

Method 

Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan forced. Line an 18cm x 28cm lamington pan with baking paper. 

Combine flour, brown sugar and coconut in a bowl. Mix in melted butter. 

Press mixture firmly into prepared pan. Bake for 15020 minutes until lightly browned. Cool. 

Place marshmallows into a saucepan with 1 tablespoon of water. Heat over a low to medium heat. Stir mixture often until smooth. (note: I melted both colours separately and marbled on top of the base.  This doesn’t change the overall flavour.) 

Pour over base. Set aside to cool for 30 minutes. 

Melt cooking chocolate. Set aside to cool slightly. 

Meanwhile, chop chocolate eggs and raspberry lollies to desired size. 

Once melted chocolate has reached room temperature mix in soy crisps, Easter eggs and jelly lollies. 

Spread over base. Add additional easter eggs on top for decoration. 

Refrigerate overnight (at least 2 hours) to set. 

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Michael’s weekly political chat with Terry Barnes – Spectator Columnist, former Howard government adviser & policy consultant.

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Michael chats with historian Troy Lennon for his weekly history lesson.  This week Troy takes a look the Titanic hitting the iceberg 110 years ago.

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