‘Damascus’ is a recent novel by Christos Tsiolkas (author of The Slap), in which he recreates the peripatetic lives of…
A.A.Gill Glitters
Adrian Anthony Gill was a provocateur-par-excelllence, and a hugely entertaining writer. His scathing style and waspish wit make me chuckle*.…
‘The Beach’
Not the novel/film of the same name set in Thailand, but a brand new (premiered on the private plasma last…
Facts & Science
The U.S. Buffoon-in-Chief said last Friday: “The facts are going to determine what I do”. Such gross irony was apparently…
Pop-Up Socialism
Well, who would’ve thought that a Federal government of neo-liberal ‘dries’ would come up with $190 billion of spending to…
Republican Party Mea Culpa
Stuart Stevens is a Republican ‘consultant’, whose book about the Republican Party, It Was All a Lie, will be published…
Planetary Health & Pandemic
A KC team recently travelled in the south of the North Island, blissfully ignorant like the NZ government, of the…
Minister for Toilet Paper
It seems that Scotty from Marketing has forgotten that he’s only Prime Minister of Australia and not Minister for Everything,…
War & Waste
The Australian War Memorial in Canberra will blow a cool $500 million to expand again over the next nine years.…
‘Sovietistan’
‘A Journey Through Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan’ The book by Erika Fatland was recently translated into English from…
