Japan is a fascinating country, that we visited in July. Aussies are flocking to the ‘Thinking Man’s Bali’. The mix … More
Category: World
‘Question 7’
Richard Flanagan’s latest book is a semi-autobiographical memoir and his last, as he claims to have nothing further to write … More
Go Garma
Hyperbole works best when it really goes off the scale. The outgoing director of the worthy Garma Festival of Yolngu … More
Oppenheimer Opinions
Oppenheimer the movie has covered itself with Oscars, and I must say that I enjoyed it too, as entertainment. But, … More
Porto Portrait
I’ve been thinking about this dilemma since I started travelling overseas in the early 1970s: how to reconcile our endless … More
‘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
Harry Horror
KC has avoided commentary on the bulimic, salacious, trivial, true confessions of Harry, English non-heir to the throne. However his … More
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