Rupert’s media have infected much of Scotty’s thinking, but KC hit the mark with our recent Zero Emissions Net and…
Houellebecq Weltanschauung*
Sérotonine is the latest novel by France’s ageing enfant terrible Michel Houellebecq (pronounced well-BECK), with his hallmark provocations and ironic…
Zero Emissions Net
As President Biden gets the USA set to re-join the Paris climate accords and declare a target of net zero…
Bald-Faced Archies
The Archibald Prize is the NSW Art Gallery’s popular and populist, annual award for portraiture. Christopher Allen, eminent art reviewer,…
Naked Truth Bis*
Many thanks to The Oatmeal for their kind permission to use the cartoon (and to Jack for spotting it). *…
Naked Truth
Social norms regarding nudity in this country have strangely regressed in recent years. For definitional purposes, let’s just use naked…
Map of the Universe
The Map has been a permanent adornment at the KC newsroom for many years, and smile-making inspiration for our happy…
The Secret Life of Toasters
Most of us take our household appliances for granted, but out here in the bush, with not much company around,…
‘A Moveable Feast’
Ernest Hemingway’s memoir of living with his first wife Hadley in Paris in 1921-26, as a young struggling writer, is…
Stingel Status
Italian artist Rudolf Stingel was among the latest art acquisitions announced yesterday by the National Gallery of Australia, following unexpected…
