The New Black

Despite colonial Van Demonian (oh yeah!) attempts to exterminate its aborigines in the 1820-30s, it seems that the extant Tasmanian … More

PM Loses AAA Rating

Well, it wasn’t rocket surgery for KC to correctly predict the PM’s imminent demise. The political circus act in the … More

Shorten Sweet

Since this yummy headline appeared over a Paddy Manning article in The Monthly on 30 July, I’ve been hoping for … More

Humpty Trumpty

The mind-bending Trumpian world operates in a bulletproof moral and factual vacuum, which has made sarcasm and irony, my tools … More

“Germany: Memories of a Nation”

Neil MacGregor’s book is a real tour de force, to use an expression from south of the Rhine. Ex-director of … More

Vale Miss Breville!

Today is sad, as my humble and loyal hairdresser has passed away. She had trimmed my golden locks every coupla … More

Coping with Tim

Tim Cope is an Australian adventurer who made a remarkable solo trip by horseback from Mongolia to Hungary over a … More

Over-Archied ‘4321’

My friend Clare gave me an endurance test with the gift of this 866 page novel by Paul Auster, about … More

Kool Kiwis

Enzed is a great little country, full of civic-minded folk. By the way, little is good. It’s a pity they … More

Survey Waste: $121,950,000

Readers are astonished by KC’s exclusive revelations about the Federal government’s bogus $122m postal survey on ‘marriage equality’. Okay, one … More