Oppenheimer the movie has covered itself with Oscars, and I must say that I enjoyed it too, as entertainment. But, … More
Category: Culture
‘Paris Savages’
Based on real events, Katherine Johnson’s fictional account of three Fraser Island (K’gari) aboriginal (Badtjala) people travelling with their German … More
Australian-Born Queen
Hear ye, your Royal Reporter is on the job again. No, we’re not talking about an Australian Queen. You would … More
Bordeaux and Beyond
Overseas travel is back on Aussie agendas, ratcheting up carbon footprints (or indeed wingprints), particularly those of us who headed … More
Talmud Time
On a recent pilgrimage to the Good ‘Ol U.S. of A, while strolling along the main drag of Palm Springs … More
‘Fanatic Heart’
Tom Keneally’s latest historical novel imagines the extraordinary life of John Mitchel, a celebrated Irish rebel during the Great Famine … More
‘Stolen Focus’
By Johann Hari, subtitled ‘Why You Can’t Pay Attention’, this book takes us on a personal three year voyage of … More
Christmas Tree Correction
Well, who knew: the Christmas Tree is like Volkswagen – invented by the Germans and then exported to the world. … More
Stasi Stealth
The Grey Men: Pursuing the Stasi into the Present by Ralph Hope is not literature, but it makes a convincing … More
Cradle Mountain Dreaming
PART ONE KINDRED: A Cradle Mountain Love Story by Kate Legge is the engaging biographical story of Gustav Weindorfer and … More
