Problems solved for Michael Fabricant, Liz Truss, Piers Morgan, Richard Madeley, Anthony Horowitz and others
From Michael Fabricant MPQ. When I go for intimate meals at a restaurant with a friend, I am invariably asked…
Liberals, liberals everywhere
It is often said that England and America are divided by a common language, and you might as well throw…
Christmas diary
I’m embarrassed. Last night I spoke briefly at a black-tie gala dinner of the Institute of Public Affairs. I must…
The environmental impact of Creation
In the beginning God floated the idea of creating Heaven and Earth. He was immediately served with an injunction by…
The art of music
What does classical music, also known as art or serious music, do for us? The state spends vast amounts of…
Turnbullian nightmare
Don’t go into the Christmas holidays and 2019 thinking the nightmare is over. True, Malcolm Turnbull is no more, at…
Reggae, Ramsay and Beethoven
The recent news that the form of music known as Reggae is to be added to the Unesco world heritage…
Virtue versus vague values
Which is preferable: values or virtues? The question might appear overly academic and of little relevance but how it is…
Churchill, Orwell and, er, Shorten
There probably is some depth of yet-to-be imagined perfidy Malcolm Turnbull or his son, Alex, will descend to before the…
Australian books
There is the feeling that after ten years of political failures and assorted cultural nonsense the community is yearning for…
Brown study
As Head Master of Robert Menzies Grammar, it gives me less pleasure than usual to report on the boys and…
Tyranny of the T-bone
While England was in the middle of tearing itself apart during the Civil War, Oliver Cromwell and his fellow puritans…
The bishop thrown under the bus
Philip Wilson should be a hero to everyone who cares about justice. With little encouragement beyond the determination to prove…
Female statue head Villa Casali
Most of us love Rome while still being a little overwhelmed by it. The Roman Empire’s geographical spread and duration…
PM’s Christmas gifts
As we settle back for the unique delights of the Aussie Christmas, placing the pressies under the Chrissy tree and…
Australian notes
Good trouble I arrive in Australia to feverish talk of a rebellion. There has been a ‘teenage revolt’. A mass…
Answers to Spot the Shakespearean Character quiz
1. Oberon (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) 2. Hamlet (Hamlet) 3. Cordelia (King Lear) 4. Dogberry (Much Ado About Nothing) 5.…
Christmas issue
Andrew Bolt, Brendan O’Neill, Boris Johnson, Rod Liddle, Lionel Shriver, Ida Lichter, Piers Akerman, Ian Plimer, Bella D’Abrera, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kevin Donnelly, David Flint, Christopher Akehurst, Neil Brown, Prue Leith
Christmas quiz – the answers
You don’t say 1. President Donald Trump, in a tweet 2. Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, in…
Victorian Liberals must choose a new party president who knows the score
On Friday evening, the Liberal state assembly in Victoria is meeting to select an acting president to replace resigned Svengali,…
Sausage sizzle saboteurs shamed at the 2018 Nanny Awards
We’re facing a global paternalistic tide, and nothing is out of bounds. France has banned free re-fills of sugary drinks,…
Pirate Pete and pals chart constitutional chaos
Bill Shorten has committed to holding a referendum for a republic within his first term if he becomes Australia’s thirty-first…
So much for the climate summiteers and all that Paris Accord
The climateers will soon be wrapping up their twenty-fourth annual shindig in Katowice – ironically, a city founded on coal…
Seven ways to bring down Western Civilisation
Western Civilisation gets a bad rap these days. Despite the fact that it is the source of all our legal…
Gender anarchy for Christmas?
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” This old maxim communicates a simple truth.…
