Eye-popping misogyny
There’s no doubt that Quentin Tarantino is a movie director of brilliance, if not genius. But can he write? Well…
A true bohemian
It is well established that artists are not always the nicest people. On the surface, the life of the model,…
Basic instincts
What does it mean to be a body in this world? It’s the question animating Brandon Taylor’s Filthy Animals. Our…
The catastrophe unfolds
The most alarming aspect of living in America is the recurring sensation that no one is in charge. This is…
Language explodes
‘How good you are in explosition!’ The first ever unabridged recording of James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake is a monumental achievement…
An unlikely tragic hero
In this Age of Trump, as we cast about for some moment in American history that might help us make…
The flirt at the funeral
Here is a rare dud from the usually reliable Deborah Moggach. Her protagonist, Pru, finds herself alone at 69 after…
High on the hog
The Pig at Bridge Place is not a pig in possession of a country house, but I would be for…
Boris’s miners joke reveals his contempt for the working class
In March this year, 35 years to the month since the end of the miners’ strike, environmentalists were caught dressing…
Hillary’s coven wants you to like Kamala Harris
Americans are not fans of Vice President Kamala Harris, but Democratic strategists are convinced it’s just a messaging problem. If…
No, Boris didn’t ‘snub’ Sturgeon
One of the reasons the SNP has dominated Scottish politics for so long is that it is extremely adept at…
Be fit to fight Covid coercion. Get vaccinated
It is quite clear that governments around the world are going to mandate vaccine passports for certain purposes in coming…
You go, girl! Laurel Hubbard and the other trans Olympians
You’ve got to give it to Shania Twain. When she belted out her 1997 hit, Man! I feel like a woman! she…
Generation Z is fighting back against the left establishment
In 2020 I served as school captain at one of Sydney’s all-boys catholic schools. This position took me to the…
A judge has found the National Cabinet isn’t a cabinet, so let’s put it out of its misery
Senator Rex Patrick is your typical independent Senate crossbench ambulance chaser. Having been carried into parliament on the long-receded Nick…
Can Iran’s ‘butcher’ president make peace with the Saudis?
It’s official: after eight years of a relatively pragmatic administration, Iran is now under new management. Ebrahim Raisi, a disciple…
Are you now or have you ever been a Trump supporter?
Are you now or have you ever been a supporter of Donald Trump? I am wondering when we are going…
How the Daniel Andrews approach leads to further lockdowns
When Daniel Andrews — like other premiers — asks for a specific vaccine to fast track Victoria’s vaccination programs and…
The Democrats’ left and the price of progressivism
In victory or defeat, the progressives are consistently hurting the Democratic party. Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri, who lay on…
The futility of Meghan’s mentoring scheme
What, do you reckon you’d get from Princess Eugenie in 40 minutes, always supposing you were a woman trying to…
Guy Verhofstadt claims Olympic gold for the EU
Who is on top of the gold medal table at the Tokyo Olympics? China? The United States? According to former European…
Andrew Cuomo has nowhere to hide
Most people told me it would never happen. And so I prepared myself that after almost a year and a…
Plague rats
Dear readers, it has been a while. I’d like to invite you all out for a coffee, but under the…
What’s woke this week?
I increasingly feel like I’m in the middle of that darkly satiric Edgar Allan Poe story, The System of Doctor…
Wham, bam, thank you Dan! Welcome to Lockdown VI
Victorians are about to plunge into Lockdown VI. Lockdowns are like The Fast and the Furious series of films. The…
