Dean Frenkel

How the West discovered meditation

26 November 2024 12:44 pm

Western medicine changed its mind about meditation in 2007. Up until then, meditation was on the blacklist as one of…

My Guinness experience

10 August 2024 7:26 pm

Eat your heart out Chelsea Hotel. Some years ago, Berlusconi’s Guinness TV flew me to stay in an Italian hotel…

The war on opinion

5 June 2023 7:00 am

For many decades, reputable newspapers have published an opinion page with every edition. Two designated spaces of prime real estate…

The pub test: Australian parliamentarians have the worst public speaking skills

9 May 2023 7:00 am

Australian politicians live in an alternative universe, a privileged cocoon that separates them from public opinion. The pub test is…

Us and them: how the media seeks to divide

27 February 2023 6:00 am

What did Julie Bishop really mean when she identified politicians as being members of the ‘political class’? It was rare,…

Choosing your sport

11 February 2023 5:00 am

What sport would you recommend your child play? If it’s football, most footballers have to retire by age 30, some…