To the Moon, Alice* (+ Ayatollah)!

What an extraordinary juxtaposition of US mastery and impotence on display today. Irony does not even begin to describe the…

Orwell Errs in 1984

George Orwell’s ‘1984’ as shorthand to signify totalitarian control of society and the malign pervasive rule of ‘Big Brother’ have…

During the last Australia Day so-called celebrations we again had the spectacle of One Nation, proxy neo-Nazis and Nationals all…

Unfortunately this download got stuck for a month or so in the back office, where the sub-editors slacked off. They’re…

Since we’re talking about shortcomings of Australian PMs, a recent release of Federal Cabinet papers from 2005 definitively nails one…

PM Anthony Albanese has an uninspiring, slippery character, honed by a lifetime of political practice, the dark arts of Labor…

The 2018 film by Julian Schnabel titled At Eternity’s Gate is a real gem, which somehow escaped my attention till…

Neo Nazis are again on the march in Australia. The National Socialist Network is looking more professional than previous scrofulous…

His Magnificence King Donald will no doubt get bored eventually with this whole tariffs caper, but I reckon it’s timely…

While viewing an exhibition of European paintings in a Porto (Portugal) art gallery two years ago, I was surprised to…