Anti-social media
On Tuesday morning I was thinking to myself how oddly pleasant social media seemed. Then Theresa May dropped her election…
Save aid!
Bill Gates is worried about Britain. For years, the UK government has been one of the world’s largest donors in…
Genoa
Some say Genoa takes its name from Janus, the two-faced god of time and doorways. Perhaps. What’s certain is the…
Theresa’s party tricks
Theresa May has long been clear about what sets her apart from other politicians: she doesn’t play political games. When…
Open borders capturing elites
Over recent months considerable global attention has focussed on the issue of immigration, but most of this discussion has centred…
Infections persist, pandemics rule
An unknown disease… highly contagious… its cause unknown… its victims shunned… the number of cases and deaths rising. A description…
The gals of Hizb ut-Tahrir
You’ve got to hand it to the gallant gals at ‘Women of Hizb ut-Tahrir Australia’. They certainly know how to…
How to ignite gas
One of the major surprises of the energy debate in Australia is that both the South Australian Labor Premier, Jay…
Business/Robbery etc
When the Fairfax proselytisers, the Guardian do-gooders, the ABC inner-city trendies and a grab-bag of leftie greens all join with…
Sexualising school kids
An extremely disturbing arsenal of social engineering schemes has been lined up against Victorian children and their parents in the…
Low life
When I was depressed 20 years ago, the (then) new antidepressant drug Prozac sorted it easily. It took six weeks…
Envelope
One can push many things — a pen, one’s luck or (up) daisies. But the MP Dominic Raab told the…
Real life
Goodbye then, Bal-ham. You were my gateway to the south. I loved you for so many more reasons than that,…
This snap election’s real victims? Bankers’ wives
The people I feel most sorry for in the wake of Theresa May’s shock announcement are not moderate Labour MPs,…
Fund a fisherman or finance a film
Crowdfunding is a promising idea, and has created useful products. The Canary home-security system I wrote about recently was funded…
Cicero, the lagomaniac
A year ago, the Danes reached into their groaning cracker barrel and pulled out ‘hygge’ as their own solution to…
Barometer
Back to the Foot year This year’s election has been likened to that of 1983 when, under Michael Foot’s leadership,…
Diary
We are all drama queens, really, we political hacks; and so we were all thoroughly delighted by Theresa May’s Tuesday…
Let them eat hay
From ‘What ails the House of Commons?’, 21 April 1917: Theoretically no horses kept for pleasure or sport ought to…
May’s manifesto
Never has the Conservative party entered a general election campaign feeling more confident about victory. Much of that confidence is…
Letters
Benedictine engagement Sir: Matthew Parris has missed the point (‘Give me the Anglican option’, 15 April). He compares Rod Dreher’s…
Portrait of the week
Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, having repeatedly said that there would be no election until 2020, surprised the nation…
Brown study
As readers know, I have been engaged for the last year on a search for the ideal job. Having spent…
John Olsen, Sydney Sun (or King Sun) 1965
His work has been there for all our adult lives; John Olsen’s artistic vision has become part of our visual…
