2337: Millefeuille
Unclued lights are connected to a theme word (which does not appear), three in each of three different senses. Two…
to 2334: sweet variations
Four types of CAKE (37) were given UPSIDE-DOWN (5): 10D, 20D, 31D and 33D. Four other types of cake were…
Why did Paperchase bow to a few bug-eyed Corbynistas?
Last Saturday, the high-street chain Paperchase ran a promotion in the Daily Mail offering two free rolls of wrapping paper.…
Farmacy’s food is the worst I have eaten in London
Farmacy, which opened last year, is London’s most fashionable ‘clean eating’ restaurant; it is, therefore, a restaurant for people who…
Let’s give young Ben Foakes a chance to sweep out the Ashes
So the Ashes has finally got over the line, and not a minute too soon. At the time of writing…
Mary answers your problems: The tactful way to get rid of a drunk guest
Q. I was recently at an informal dinner given by two dear friends, but returned home seething with rage against…
When Kingsley Amis needed a new insult, he reached for the taboo
‘It’s up there on the shelf you can’t reach,’ said my husband in an unhelpfully helpful tone. The ‘it’ was…
Hawaiian notes
Under Hawaiian eyes The Pearl Harbour memorial to the 1,177 American sailors and marines (1,102 still entombed) who lost their…
Sino diary
In 1800, it could take at least 3 or more months, depending on the winds, to sail in a damp,…
Yes, Gonski
The current political wisdom in education — or at least, the ‘wisdom’ of the Left — seems to be that…
Aux bien pensants
Dat’s a nice bottom With so many stories about sexual harassment, I should reveal my experience decades ago. Looking up…
Simon Collins
While Tinseltown gets on with outing the sex pests in its senior ranks it’s too soon to say if it…
Is nothing sacred?
The majority of Australians have now indicated their support for the principle of same-sex marriage and the Government has introduced…
For whom the bells toll
Now that we’ve had time to digest the marriage poll and Mr Turnbull has leapt into action with uncharacteristic decisiveness…
Whatever happened to socialism?
There has been some alarm expressed in Britain by worried editorial writers in journals like the Economist that Jeremy Corbyn…
Communicating hope
They’re so small you might not notice them. Sitting side by side on a white wall in Brisbane’s Gallery of…
Elizabeth Harrower returning to Sydney in 1959
It is a wonderful story in itself. After a self-imposed ‘exile’ of four decades, Elizabeth Harrower became an internationally acclaimed…
Good government ‘canceled’
The decision to cancel this coming week’s sitting of parliament is typical of the entire Turnbull Political Methodology: obfuscate, prevaricate,…
Rhetorical notes
Some decades ago in Britain a better than average advertising copywriter came up with the following rather clever slogan: ‘Tern:…
Why the Palaszczuk government deserves to go
Annastacia Palaszczuk’s Labor government in Queensland is not the worst in Australia –- it’s not as offensively far-leftist like the…
The unknowns of assisted dying
Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense during the administration of George W. Bush, famously spoke of different kinds of knowns and…
ABC = Anything (but) Biblical Christianity
When it comes to reporting on religion, Julia Baird is a great example of what is wrong with the ABC,…
Howard’s end? The enduring legacy of ‘Lazarus’
With the entrance to The Lodge turning into something of a revolving door since prime minister-elect Rudd bestrode the victory…
No matter the question, government is the answer
Earlier this week Menzies Research Centre boss Nick Cater carried out a skilful dissection of the Northcote by-election in Victoria.…
