‘Permanent Record’ is Edward Snowden’s recent autobiography, and a fascinating insight into US government internet surveillance. The preface opening sets … More
Category: World
‘Hungary is Lost’
Subtitled: Hungry in Hungary! Fleeting impressions from a recent visit to Budapest are confirmed in this eye-opening analysis of the … 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
Go Aussie Gunboats
As predicted, ScoMo has rushed to sign us up for a US mission in the Strait of Hormuz, by assigning … More
War on Iran?
Oh no, here we go again – I have that sinking feeling in my stomach, or is it my blood … More
Mandolin & Mussolini
Louis de Bernières’s book Captain Corelli’s Mandolin sold well in the day and prompted a movie with Nicholas Cage and … More
International Women’s Day
Recently in Hawaii your eagle-eyed correspondent discovered on a wall in a humble abode this ironic (iconic?) reference to a … More
Rainbow Warrior: Lunch with Spies
John Menadue (Qantas boss at the time) recently posted online a memoir vignette of my brush with infamous French secret … More
Humpty Trumpty
The mind-bending Trumpian world operates in a bulletproof moral and factual vacuum, which has made sarcasm and irony, my tools … More
Coping with Tim
Tim Cope is an Australian adventurer who made a remarkable solo trip by horseback from Mongolia to Hungary over a … More
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