What a helluva (hmm!) fuss Rugby player Israel (perfect first name) Folau stirred up with his damnation by Instagram of…
War on Iran?
Oh no, here we go again – I have that sinking feeling in my stomach, or is it my blood…
Press Freedom & Failure
Following recent attempts by ScoMo and his attack dog Dutton to intimidate journalists and whistleblowers with Federal police raids and…
Hubert Wilkins: Uber-Extraordinary Life
Born in 1888 and raised in South Australia, George Hubert Wilkins is unknown to most Australians. Simon Nasht’s well-documented book…
Mandolin & Mussolini
Louis de Bernières’s book Captain Corelli’s Mandolin sold well in the day and prompted a movie with Nicholas Cage and…
Shooters Rule, OK.
Only eight days after the (terrorist) mass murders in Christchurch, punters voting for the glorious state parliament of New South…
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…
Lunch with French Secret Service Agents
John Menadue (Qantas boss at the time) recently posted online a memoir vignette of my brush with infamous French agents…
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…
