Oh dear, the motto of Knox Grammar School is ‘Virgile Agitur’, which translates as ‘Doing the Manly Thing’. As the … More
Category: Society
Petering Out!
Reader interest in the dearth and death of Sir Peters calls for analysis of the obvious corollary of a dwindling … More
Zeitungsbeschwererkissen
Modern First World living is fraught with really annoying problems. Out Kookynie way we spend plenty of time on the … More
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
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
‘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
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
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
News Literature
The Allen v Farrows Saga mentioned in Woebegone Woody and reader comments also prompted some insightful analysis by Lee Siegel. … More
Very Wicked Camper
Time for some tabloid titillation. In fact, it’s about that virile part of male anatomy. Sometimes pictures really do speak … More
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