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Things He Didn’t Know

Robert Hughes, renowned expat Australian art critic, writer & broadcaster, published this autobiographical memoir in 2006, no doubt unaware that … More

Robert Hughes, Things I Didn't Know

Petering Out!

Reader interest in the dearth and death of Sir Peters calls for analysis of the obvious corollary of a dwindling … More

Blue Peter, Peter Bjorn & John, Peter Principle, Sir Peter

Zeitungsbeschwererkissen

Modern First World living is fraught with really annoying problems. Out Kookynie way we spend plenty of time on the … More

Akira, Deutscher Werkbund, German craft & design, KLOTU, Newspaperweight pillow

Arise Sir Peter!

Bunyip aristocracy. Putting all satirists out of business. Boosting republican sentiment. Every ironic or sarcastic criticism of PM Abbott’s re-introduction … More

Knights & Dames, Peter Cosgrove, Quentin Bryce, Sir Peter

Human Clothes Horse

Modern media and fashion have developed a sycophantic co-dependency, which can usually be passed over, but sometimes it can also … More

Germaine Greer, Katinka & Jeremy Somers, objectification of women, SMH, The Female Eunuch, We Are Handsome

‘Good Neighbour’ Fencing

KC editorial policy is firmly opposed to advertorial sleight-of-hand, but sometimes a product comes along that has such massive consumer … More

Good Neighbour

The New South Wales c.1840

Louisa Meredith (born in Birmingham) married her cousin Charles in 1839 in England, and sailed that year to the far-flung … More

Louisa Meredith, NSW 1840

Asylum Seeker Big Business

The sorry saga of Australia’s offshore asylum seeker gulag is not just about bringing suffering and hopelessness to those in … More

asylum seekers, G4S, Manus Island, Nauru, Sydney Biennale, Transfield

News Literature

The Allen v Farrows Saga mentioned in Woebegone Woody and reader comments also prompted some insightful analysis by Lee Siegel. … More

Allen v Farrow, Lee Siegel, The New Yorker, Toodyay Newsagency

Woebegone Woody

In the chatter about whether Our Cate deserves an Academy Award for her role in Allan Konigsberg’s latest film Blue … More

Academy Awards, Alan Stokes, Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen

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