Snapback!
Last week, the United Nations Security Council rejected an indefinite extension of the embargo on the export of conventional weapons…
NT diary
The murranji frog is a desert amphibian that can survive long stretches without water. It is an apt name for…
BLM and the N word
Disturbing echoes of the Weimar republic can clearly be seen in the Black Lives Matter movement
Middle East game changer
There are winners and losers in the Israel-UAE peace deal. Not to mention the wrath of the usual suspects.
Business/Robbery etc.
Greg Combet: Labor’s cashed-up secret weapon Get used to seeing Greg Combet’s face on TV; his new ‘personal’ superannuation ads…
Woke notes
Chinese aggression and the New Cold War The elderly woman in the ground floor flat was the janitor of the…
Culture wars
Forming groups to kill other groups over territory, resources or belief is so much a part of the human condition…
Zadie Smith
She had a heady start to her writing career. The rights to her first novel were the subject of a…
Kiwi Life
‘Trustworthy, accurate and reliable news stories are more important now than ever. Support our newsrooms by making a contribution.’How wonderfully…
Low life
The Moulinards had inhabited the old stone hilltop house for centuries, ekeing out a hard living among the sun-baked boulders.…
High life
Gstaad Birthdays at my age are for the birds, but always a good excuse for a party. Messages of…
The real losers of the A-levels fiasco
Three years ago I was contacted by an official at the Department for Education to see if I was interested…
Real life
‘Hallo! You was callin’ us about appoint…MENT!’ said the lady at the scanning unit of my local hospital in broken…
Dear Mary
Q. My son is having his 30th birthday next weekend and has invited 50 friends to a garden party. We…
A tale of six graces
‘The Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day’: surely one of the most beautiful images…
the vs The
I complained mildly seven years ago that the Court Circular, the official source for the doings of the British monarchy,…
The true cost of the 14-day quarantine
Doing the math, as the Americans say, became this column’s theme after I abandoned another planned trip to France. Seven…
Bridge
There are some experts — like my friend Sally Brock — who think Blackwood is an overrated convention, and that…
The turf
Lester Piggott was famous for pinching other jockeys’ rides. He used his friendship with owner Ivan Allan to have Luca…
