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

Well, probably more views, but time has flown in a decade of strutting and fretting on the meejah stage, to … More

What a helluva (hmm!) fuss Rugby player Israel (perfect first name) Folau stirred up with his damnation by Instagram of … More

Born in 1888 and raised in South Australia, George Hubert Wilkins is unknown to most Australians. Simon Nasht’s well-documented book … More

Louis de Bernières’s book Captain Corelli’s Mandolin sold well in the day and prompted a movie with Nicholas Cage and … More

Recently in Hawaii your eagle-eyed correspondent discovered on a wall in a humble abode this ironic (iconic?) reference to a … More

Peter Carey conjures up a racy ethos and mood in early 1950s suburban Melbourne in his recent novel ‘A Long … More

A best seller by Israeli historian Yuval Harari, sold 10 million copies, translated into 50 languages, it’s unequivocally a must-read. … More

So, the ‘iconic’ (obligatory adjective) Sydney Opera House is our biggest billboard, so sayeth PM Scott Morrison aka ScoMo, endorsing … More