The BBC shouldn’t dumb down for poorer audiences
The BBC is an organisation that in my experience is, generally, benevolent; and the broadcasting regulator Ofcom is full of…
Putin’s peace talks bluff has been called out
It is almost as if Vladimir Putin doesn’t mean it when he claims to be open to peace talks with…
Whisper it, but Qatar is winning this World Cup
So, we’re at about the halfway point in the 2022 Fifa World Cup and, while I’m delighted that England have…
Brittany Higgins case finally over
Great news. The Brittany Higgins case is over. The ACT Director of Public Prosecutions, Shane Drumgold announced yesterday that the…
A tale of two royal couples taking on America
When the incendiary story about Lady Susan Hussey’s ill-judged remarks broke this week, a detail that many were quick to…
How I became a morning person
For most of my life, I was a night owl. Up-and-at-‘em types would tease me for my sleeping-in habits. I’d…
LEAKED: The Twitter Files: Hunter’s Laptop
Someone needs to go and wake up Sleepy Joe, because Twitter CEO Elon Musk is airing the social media company’s…
Voluntary Assisted Dying is back on the agenda
The Covid pandemic brought into focus management of the elderly in nursing homes; those with dementia or with chronic morbidity…
The Senator v. the Voice
With any luck, Australia should have its first indigenous prime minister within our lifetimes and it will be a conservative…
Not camping out
As is the case with one of my favourite Australian writers and playwrights, Louis Nowra, Sydney is also my adopted…
And introducing Michael Caine
It was the night of the Victorian election that might have seen Daniel Andrews fall like Lucifer never to rise…
Aussie life
When I wrote on this page recently about Alan Bond’s America’s Cup boxing kangaroo mascot being repurposed by the Australian…
Language
There is an obsession today with something called ‘diversity and inclusion’. But what do those words really mean? And are…
Sea of faith
When asked about their religion in a census, many British people have the same response: that it’s none of the…
The retiring type
Conservative party strategists face nervous days ahead as they wait to see how many Tory MPs will announce they are…
