Alex Miller’s novel, set in the 1920s, traces the momentous choices facing Emily Stanton, as she moves between Melbourne, Paris,…
News Really Matters to Automobilists*
Apparently everybody likes our occasional Germany vs Australia jousts, so here’s anothery. Karl Benz patented the world’s first car in…
‘Gnarled Edge’
The Gallery of Notional & Non Art (GONNA) in Kookynie is finally opening, with the launch of a new exhibition…
Kennedy Kind
Well, for once Australia has scored big time against Germany (not to mention those world wars, of course). Nah, it’s…
This Land is Mine
‘LAND: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World’ Simon Winchester is a prolific writer (33 listed in this,…
Bosch, Kaput!
Homage to another loyal domestic companion (see Vale Miss Breville), and this time we’re in the tools section of the…
Scotty COP Out
Dear reader, I know this is testing your patience with more anti-Scomoism, but alas duty calls. Our PM is a…
Submarine Sabotage: AUKUS Awkward
PM Scotty recently announced via press conference with new buddies Joe and Boris, that Australia is ditching a submarine-building agreement…
Re-Joyced Coalition RNA
While busy with pandemic matters, the Australian Federal body politic also caught another severe infection of the Herpes B for…
Olympian O’Hara
The fading glow of the Tokyo Olympic Games may be momentarily extended by another instalment in the O’Hara story, following…