Adrian Anthony Gill was a provocateur-par-excelllence, and a hugely entertaining writer. His scathing style and waspish wit make me chuckle*. … More
Category: Culture
‘The Beach’
Not the novel/film of the same name set in Thailand, but a brand new (premiered on the private plasma last … 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
Albert Camus (et moi)
The great French writer died sixty years ago last Saturday in a car crash. He was 46 years old and … More
Courbet & Pei-Ming
OK you mob, time to refresh our spirits with a cultcha pause, after all the polemical pondering and ongoing scorching … More
Ljubljana Love
Who put love in Slovenia, a pocket-sized country squeezed between Austria, Hungary, Italy and Croatia? While roaming central Europe, your … More
Ten Years of News & Views!
Well, probably more views, but time has flown in a decade of strutting and fretting on the meejah stage, to … More
Damnation Dissent
What a helluva (hmm!) fuss Rugby player Israel (perfect first name) Folau stirred up with his damnation by Instagram of … More
Hubert Wilkins: Uber-Extraordinary Life
Born in 1888 and raised in South Australia, George Hubert Wilkins is unknown to most Australians. Simon Nasht’s well-documented book … More
