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27 April 2024 Aus
Censoring the truth is wrong
Life
Aussie Life
Simon Collins
Almost exactly 50 years before James Cook’s first encounter with the Gweagal and Gameygal peoples on the shores of what…
Aussie Life
Kel Richards
Writing in the current issue of Quadrant magazine, Paul Prociv says, ‘The field of Aboriginal affairs is awash with sloppy…
Mind your language
Dot Wordsworth
Pelham, the hero of the novel of the same name (which came out in 1828, the first year of The…
The Wiki Man
Rory Sutherland
Some things in life acquire an outsize popularity which defies all common sense. The outlandish appeal of such things cannot…
Drink
Bruce Anderson
Churchill. No disrespect to Andrew Roberts’s more recent work, but I set out to look up a point about drink…
Real life
Melissa Kite
‘How does anyone young and stupid manage to get married?’ I kept shouting at the builder boyfriend as I pummelled…
No sacred cows
Toby Young
On Sunday, the BBC did something unusual. It invited Luke Johnson, a climate contrarian, to join a panel with Laura…
Dear Mary
Mary Killen
Q. My husband never wants to go out to lunch on a day when he could be gardening but he…
Charmed life
Petronella Wyatt
Breakfast is my preferred meal, in case you’re interested. I broke my fast this week with my walking laser-light of…
Chess
Luke McShane
Dommaraju Gukesh triumphed in a thrilling final round at the Candidates Tournament in Toronto. The Indian talent, who is still…