Avocado Avenger

DANGER! Here we get to the pointy end of Aussie breakfasts. In the last decade or more, so-called smashed avocado…

Briny Banville

The Sea, a novel by John Banville, is disappointing and full of wordy affectation. Archaic and obscure words are sprinkled…

Queensland is not a cultural grey area. Thanks to the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane and the Asia-Pacific Triennial…

Alex Miller’s novel, set in the 1920s, traces the momentous choices facing Emily Stanton, as she moves between Melbourne, Paris,…

Apparently everybody likes our occasional Germany vs Australia jousts, so here’s anothery. Karl Benz patented the world’s first car in…

The Gallery of Notional & Non Art (GONNA) in Kookynie is finally opening, with the launch of a new exhibition…

Well, for once Australia has scored big time against Germany (not to mention those world wars, of course). Nah, it’s…

‘LAND: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World’ Simon Winchester is a prolific writer (33 listed in this,…

Homage to another loyal domestic companion (see Vale Miss Breville), and this time we’re in the tools section of the…

Dear reader, I know this is testing your patience with more anti-Scomoism, but alas duty calls. Our PM is a…