Sewage Swim

The irony of Sydney’s wealthiest suburbs still pumping untreated sewage into the Pacific Ocean is rich indeed! Yup, it’s true:…

Redex 1954 Redux

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

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

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

Despite colonial Van Demonian (oh yeah!) attempts to exterminate its aborigines in the 1820-30s, it seems that the extant Tasmanian…

Well, it wasn’t rocket surgery for KC to correctly predict the PM’s imminent demise. The political circus act in the…

Since this yummy headline appeared over a Paddy Manning article in The Monthly on 30 July, I’ve been hoping for…

The mind-bending Trumpian world operates in a bulletproof moral and factual vacuum, which has made sarcasm and irony, my tools…

Neil MacGregor’s book is a real tour de force, to use an expression from south of the Rhine. Ex-director of…

Today is sad, as my humble and loyal hairdresser has passed away. She had trimmed my golden locks every coupla…