‘Damascus’ is a recent novel by Christos Tsiolkas (author of The Slap), in which he recreates the peripatetic lives of … More
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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*. … More
‘The Beach’
Not the novel/film of the same name set in Thailand, but a brand new (premiered on the private plasma last … More
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 … More
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 … More
Republican Party Mea Culpa
Stuart Stevens is a Republican ‘consultant’, whose book about the Republican Party, It Was All a Lie, will be published … More
Planetary Health & Pandemic
A KC team recently travelled in the south of the North Island, blissfully ignorant like the NZ government, of the … More
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, … More
War & Waste
The Australian War Memorial in Canberra will blow a cool $500 million to expand again over the next nine years. … More
‘Sovietistan’
‘A Journey Through Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan’ The book by Erika Fatland was recently translated into English from … More