Guest Notes
Yuletide notes
I can’t help it, call me soppy or simple, but I can’t help but get a lump in my throat…
Asian notes
Shopping in the Asian capitals has long been a lure for tourists but I was taken a little aback when…
Republican notes
Our best defence against jihadism? Abbott Until those acts of appallingly primitive barbarism in Paris, the events surrounding Prince Charles’…
Republican notes
Our best defence against jihadism? Abbott Until those acts of appallingly primitive barbarism in Paris, the events surrounding Prince Charles’…
Australian notes
Poms in the Park To Twickenham for the Rugby World Cup. To Wembley for England’s (soccer) football world cup qualifier…
Australian notes
Poms in the Park To Twickenham for the Rugby World Cup. To Wembley for England’s (soccer) football world cup qualifier…
Australian notes
Australia – the new Italy? There are lies, damned lies and statistics as often referenced. To this I would add…
Australian notes
Australia – the new Italy? There are lies, damned lies and statistics as often referenced. To this I would add…
Drunken notes
I’m a bit drunk, so let’s just get this over with: I love Malcolm Turnbull. Now, hold your tomatoes, proles.…
Drunken notes
I’m a bit drunk, so let’s just get this over with: I love Malcolm Turnbull. Now, hold your tomatoes, proles.…
Blue blood notes
My sole dream in life is to be a champagne socialist. It irritates me no end that there’s no apparent…
Blue blood notes
My sole dream in life is to be a champagne socialist. It irritates me no end that there’s no apparent…
Australian notes
Everything is tense as I get into the car. None of us can believe it. ‘What’s the latest?’ I ask.…
Australian notes
Everything is tense as I get into the car. None of us can believe it. ‘What’s the latest?’ I ask.…
Aux bien pensants
It’s not so long ago that the commetariat was talking about the end of Qantas, at least as an international…
Aux bien pensants
It’s not so long ago that the commetariat was talking about the end of Qantas, at least as an international…
Fromelles notebook
It’s a small but devoted group, the Friends of the 15th Brigade. Each year it gathers at the Melbourne graveside…
Fromelles notebook
It’s a small but devoted group, the Friends of the 15th Brigade. Each year it gathers at the Melbourne graveside…
Beltway Notes
Like Oscar Wilde’s demand that ‘the man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one’…
Beltway Notes
Like Oscar Wilde’s demand that ‘the man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one’…
Diplomatic Notes
Paris this spring was still beautiful, but tense. Post-Charlie Hebdo, 8,000 smart, almost chic, soldiers supplement the edgy French police.…
Diplomatic Notes
Paris this spring was still beautiful, but tense. Post-Charlie Hebdo, 8,000 smart, almost chic, soldiers supplement the edgy French police.…
Student notes
‘Manchester first, or Glasgow?’ I ask Steph. She shrugs. ‘As long as we get to the Doctor Who exhibition in…
Student notes
‘Manchester first, or Glasgow?’ I ask Steph. She shrugs. ‘As long as we get to the Doctor Who exhibition in…
London notes
I can see the London Eye from my hotel room, but for a panicky, hungover moment this morning I thought…
