Shamrocking old Sandhurst
“Hey, rich bitch!” squawks the emaciated ice junkie skipping…
Magic, mischief and misdirection
Image: Scene from A Haunting in Venice, 20th Century Studios
Easily…
Postcards from the heartland ...
Long-standing joke in my family is that the many French letters…
Travel bites: Euphoric redemption in Bali
A downward dog-led economic recovery is probably not what you’d…
Big little changes to how you live
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll know housing…
Unidentified anomalous role models
Above: A Mayan space traveller as suggested by Erich von Daniken…
You wouldn't be dead for quids
Above: cartoonist Johannes Leak's take on the week's revelations.
It's…
Travel Bites: Amazon chill, Lima vultures
Tambopata River, Puerto Maldonado, Peru
IT'S cool down in the…
When taking offence becomes offensive ...
Above: David Rowe's commentary in the Australian Financial Review
Have…
Bingeing on science faction
Ascension, by Nicholas Binge, Harper Collins
Pseudoscience…
Head-shrinking as a political art form ...
WATCHING Parliament the other night got me to thinking of the…
Trying to stop courting disaster
Never fail to be appalled by the time-worn old adage that you…
Fear and loathing in the court of the kangaroo
Remarkable to see the angst, stupidity, arrogance, and vengeful…
Justice denied in court of woke entitlement
It's a while back now but I can still well remember when I spent…
Rhyme and verse, and a little worse ...
Was a time when poetry was the last thing held any interest for…
Island thriller skips to double-Dutch
The Island, by Adrian McKinty, Hachette Australia
Takes a…
Back to the future with a fossil-led recovery …
Okay, so what came first, the chicken or the egg?
How about…
The Bismarck Sea: A battle-worn and weary warning ...
The Battle of the Bismarck Sea, by Michael Veitch, Hachette
Difficult…
Truganina, Truganini: destiny, disease, disaster ...
Touch of irony to the latest Covid outbreak epicentre…
Murder, and rip-offs, most foul ...
Don’t know if you’ve heard of the Dolls House Murders. Odd…