Lost city of fantasy
A new Hollywood film portrays Percy Fawcett as our greatest explorer. It’s pernicious nonsense
Fighting chance
Could the mixed martial artist Conor McGregor really defeat one of the greatest boxers in history? I can’t wait to find out
An actor’s notebook
It is delightful to be writing for a magazine I’ve read, man and boy, since I was 15. Such is…
A hard lesson is coming
Private schools have undermined their charitable status by dashing so shamelessly upmarket
We demand free speech on gay marriage
Lies are spoken often and freely in public policy debates. But they seldom bear the scrutiny which inevitably comes their…
Diversity? What diversity?
Supporters of same-sex marriage predicted a ‘campaign of hatred’ would be unleashed by the proposal’s opponents. That’s why Bill Shorten…
Letters
No blanket solution Sir: Paul Collier is right to say that the refugee crisis will not be solved with tents…
Lost city of fantasy
The new film The Lost City of Z is being advertised as based on the true story of one of…
The friendly alliance
On 29 March 2019 the Queen should have a state dinner and invite the European Union’s 27 heads of state…
Fighting chance
Middle age is OK by me. National Trust membership, a Waitrose loyalty card, lying on the sofa drinking red wine…
Fighting chance
Middle age is OK by me. National Trust membership, a Waitrose loyalty card, lying on the sofa drinking red wine…
There will be a trade deal
Most diplomats in Brussels will tell you that Theresa May has just embarked upon a fool’s errand, that Britain might…
There will be a trade deal
Most diplomats in Brussels will tell you that Theresa May has just embarked upon a fool’s errand, that Britain might…
The rescue racket
What is happening in the 300-mile stretch of sea between Sicily and Libya, day in and day out — in…
The rescue racket
What is happening in the 300-mile stretch of sea between Sicily and Libya, day in and day out — in…
Lost city of fantasy
The new film The Lost City of Z is being advertised as based on the true story of one of…
The friendly alliance
On 29 March 2019 the Queen should have a state dinner and invite the European Union’s 27 heads of state…
Justin Milne’s Stand Up Comedy Routine
If the Walkleys had a Most Humorous Headline category, ‘No bias at the ABC vows new chairman’, would surely take…
How government increases housing prices
Australia’s housing prices are astronomical. Indeed, compared to local salaries, Australian cities are among the world’s most unaffordable places to…
Our friends the dictators
Dictators in the modern age have become very adept at buying friends and reliable apologists. They are praised for their…
I’m giving up virtual signalling for lent
As we approach Holy Week (or as some call it, the Easter holidays), I was prompted to remember the principal…
Russia’s modern Reds and Whites
This year’s centenary of the 1917 Revolution always had the potential to expose underlying but usually concealed friction within the…
Why I can’t get excited by science
God knows why, but I found myself browsing that Humans of New York website yesterday. Terrible site. It’s basically emotional…
Let’s have a welcome home parade for our terrorists
The Whitlam government’s decision to lay out the welcome mat to communists we had been fighting in Vietnam for almost…
