Why England is going back into lockdown
I’m afraid no responsible Prime Minister can ignore the message of those figures. When I told you two weeks ago…
Getting on with the job? What job, precisely, Prime Minister?
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Scott Morrision said it was ‘the right decision’ of the Victorian Premier to impose lockdown draconian…
Why a new lockdown is so difficult for Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson had set his face against an England-wide lockdown. He rejected the idea when Sage proposed it back in…
A true tale of Halloween horror
The SpecOz receives some curious media releases with curious punctuation, but this one might just take the cake — or…
What lockdown sceptics get wrong about Sweden
Should Britain return to a form of lockdown — the logical conclusion of a suppression strategy — or should we…
Does Kim Jong-un want the ‘dotard’ or the ‘snob’ to win?
Donald Trump has made plenty of enemies in his time as president, but as the US president himself has claimed, he…
Gold, gold, gold as Victoria wins in treachery, lying and incompetence
After one of the worst ever years for Australians, our state governments are lining up for medals for collectively delivering…
Danspeak decoded
Daniel Andrews this week insisted spin doctors had not helped him to craft key phrases that he has used during…
Is the UK heading for a second national lockdown?
Is the UK heading for a second national lockdown? That’s the question being asked in Westminster as coronavirus cases rise…
Josh shreds Donut Dan
In Victoria this past week, the word was ‘donut’. Or to be precise, double donut: two consecutive days of zero…
Euro wuflu notes
Lonely Goatherd immunity While Australia has spent much of 2020 establishing Iron Curtain border regimes, Europe’s bewildering and ever-changing internal…
Business/Robbery etc.
Damaging unintended consequences of Hol-gate Act in haste; repent at leisure. It was only an hour or so after last…
Rebecca
Imagine daring to make another version of Rebecca. Hitchcock’s 1940 film is the version that is bound to overshadow any…
Neil Armfield’s Dream
Benjamin Britten’s setting of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is an outstanding achievement. In Australia, we have experienced two exceptional…
Aussie Life
Simon Collins As soon as distance ceases once again to be a tyranny for Australians I will visit my elderly…
Haunted by the past
Mr Wilder & Me is not in any way a state- of-the-nation novel — and thank goodness. Brilliant as Jonathan…
