to 2370: Problem XII
The numbers were linked to titles of classic works of FICTION (12): The Two DROVERS (26) (Walter Scott), The Three MUSKETEERS…
Jamie Oliver’s jerk rice comes with a side serving of insanity
Earlier this week, the Labour MP Dawn Butler ‘called out’ Jamie Oliver for ‘appropriation’. His sin, according to the shadow…
The baby who could transform English cricket
Alice Cook’s impending third child could turn out to be the perfect delivery for England. Already the expectant father Alastair…
Dear Mary: How do we evict a narcissistic flatmate without starting World War III?
Q. I live in a houseshare with two other people; one of whom I am very fond of and the…
Empty restaurants are becoming a bad habit of mine: Coq d’Argent reviewed
I wouldn’t normally visit Coq d’Argent, which I think means the chicken of money. It is a moderately famous restaurant…
Why would you relish an opportunity?
The Sun gave a sad picture of British loneliness recently in a report about the national yearning to play a…
Australian letters
No go zone Sir: In the leading article of the Spectator Australia (‘Outrage over Anning’, 18 August) it is warned…
Reef notes
In for a penny, in for half a billion bucks Okay, here’s an observation that ought to disturb you. Former…
Brown study
You may have noticed that, up to now, I have been fairly restrained in what I have written about Malcolm…
That Jewish problem
I recently wrote of anti-Semitism in the US Presbyterian Church. It would, however, be wrong to suggest this is an…
Australian diary
After my stoush with Graham Richardson on Sky News last month I haven’t been invited back onto the show where…
Police and thugs
Victoria Police has been brought into disrepute lately by unfortunate bureaucratic decisions with tragic political consequences. At first gradual and…
Turnbull’s litany of failures
Turnbull must go. With Abbott, and only Abbott, the Coalition will win in a landslide and save the nation from…
No mandate? No problem
Parliamentary democracy is underrated as a safeguard of personal liberty. From the outside, the perception is that Parliament is mired…
Good Trump, bad Trump
The great Austrian economist Friedrich von Hayek said ‘the curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little…
Business/Robbery etc
Continuing Hayne Royal Commission revelations of institutional dishonesty by Australia’s big four banks have not only killed off Malcolm Turnbull’s…
Grace Cossington Smith (1892-1984)
Exhibitions prior to major art auctions can be a wonderful way to view works by significant artists that may not…
Falling out of love with Jordan Peterson
I was not the only free speech worrier to fall for Jordan Peterson, the Canadian academic who first came to…
It was Mr Turnbull wot dunnit
As we go to press, it’s unclear whether the inevitable second round of the Liberal party spill drama will already…
Long live the king
Personally, I was cheering on Peter Dutton. So it’s with a degree of objectivity I now admit Scott Morrison may,…
Politics triumphs over all
Big businesses in Australia will not be getting their small tax cuts eight years in the future. That money will…
How Simple Simon tripped Turnbull
In years ahead when historians try and explain the downfall of the Malcolm Turnbull government, it’s clear that Education Minister…
Getting better with Menzies: reconnecting with good values
While the Canberra leadership game evolves, for the rest of us it can pay to look at the only thing…
The Canberra convulsions and the Honey Badger
I don’t follow rugby so I don’t know the Honey Badger. But I do follow politics and know that a…
