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…
Time for mercy ... for readers
A TIME FOR MERCY: by John Grisham, Hachette
So your stepdad’s…
Grift to the mill at Mar-a-Lago
THE GRIFTERS' CLUB: By Sarah Blaskey, Nicholas Nehamas, Caitlin…
Cheroots, spittoons and tickling the old ivories
Not too many places are around these days for quaffing from brandy…
Aqueducts and a little concrete advice ...
Breakwater's historic aqueduct is about to fall on people's heads,…
As Your Worship Pleases ...
Dispensing justice in a place like 1970s Rhodesia requires a…
Limbo: Jungle bars, volcanic interruptions
Above: OzPost's Mt Elephant volcano stamp issue
Volcano watch…
Murphy’s Volunteers, a song for the ages
It’s hard to silence a Werribee rustic sometimes but an Aussie-Irishman…
A Nod’s as good as a wink to a blind horse ....
The swaggie was out of sorts, no doubt about it. Just released…
Three decades of innovative, creative design
Now here’s an interesting project: 70-plus stories on what…
Parsons, strathspeys and rough justice
Well strike me pink, I’d sooner drink
With a cove sent up…
New home, new life, new hope
It was once the cradle of civilisation. These days, there’s…
Rattling good yarns on the track to ’Rat
TRIPPED over an old map recently, showing Newtown’s Skene St…