Peter Doyle

Peter Doyle’s books include The Big Whatever (2015) and the City of Shadows: Sydney Police Photographs 1912-1948. He is currently completing a book of forensic photographs to be called Suburban Noir. He is an associate professor of Media at Macquarie University.
All essays by Peter Doyle

The Last Boogie Woogie
Richard tells me I should meet this old guy he knows, Jimmy Somerville, a strong union man, living legend – he remembers everything, Richard says – including that famous night during the war when tenor player Merv Acheson shot a bloke on stage at the 2KY Radiotorium over a missing shipment of illegal whisky.
Feb. 2020 •
Art and artists • Theatre and performance