Consider this …
Hug a Muslim today If the Federal government fails to insist that Christian Syrians alone make up Australia’s…
Clash of uncivilisations
To defeat Islamic fascism, the nations of the enlightenment need to start believing in themselves
Simon Collins
If the Aussie dollar could be said to have gone up and down like a bride’s nightie over the last…
Culture buff
In 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution, one of the most popular operas in Paris was Richard Coeur-de-Lion.…
Saints and demons
‘The Australian Labor Party is composed of two main factions,’ writes novelist Shane Maloney, ‘Them and Us’. This truth illuminates…
Australian Letters
Not Jesus Sir: Damian Thompson (Pope vs church, November 7) is concerned that Pope Francis is compromising “the great strength…
Treasure
Walking down the sands to investigate what they might find, shells or stones, flotsam pieces abandoned by tides, two figures…
Chess Maecenas
Last week saw the death of the city financier Jim Slater. He was famous in chess circles for joining Henry…
No. 389
Black to play. This position is from Basman-Keene, Slater Tournament, Southend 1968. How can Black quickly gain a decisive advantage?…
The Winter’s Tale
In Competition No. 2925 you were invited to submit a short story entitled ‘The Winter’s Tale’. There were lots of…
Dear Mary: How can I protect my sick husband from his friends?
Q. My husband is, in a word, adorable. However, following a substantial brain operation, his doctor has told him that…
Sexy Fish: not so much a restaurant as a museum of London’s rich
Sexy Fish is a ludicrous restaurant with a ludicrous name in a ludicrous town. It is the latest venture from…
The ringfence cycle
By now, George Osborne had hoped to have completed his austerity programme. Instead, he finds himself making what is, still,…
It is political correctness, not maniacal bigots, that will end civilisation
What does one do, attend or refuse a party after a tragic event such as the recent Paris outrage? My…
How do you explain events that even adults can’t understand to a child?
Seeing my ten-year-old daughter, Freya, a week after the massacre in Paris, I asked her if she had heard anything…
How do you explain events that even adults can’t understand to a child?
Seeing my ten-year-old daughter, Freya, a week after the massacre in Paris, I asked her if she had heard anything…
The GP charged around to my side of the table and roved her hand all over my pubic area
On Friday morning I was peeing razor blades so I rang up the doctor and was given an appointment after…
The GP charged around to my side of the table and roved her hand all over my pubic area
On Friday morning I was peeing razor blades so I rang up the doctor and was given an appointment after…
The rise of the man bun, the Mancan and man boobs
‘Ha, ha, ha,’ said my husband, as though he had learnt to laugh by reading Twitter. ‘Now they’ve got falsies.’ He…
The sabs hate us because we’re patriotic, top-rate tax-paying, law-abiding scum
‘You lot are a disgrace! Chasing after defenceless animals on horseback!’ The bearded anti was on his mountain bike on…
The Davis Cup will be one final flourish for Andy’s Barmy Army
There’s nothing quite like a sporting celebration, but the lash-up after Britain’s (almost) inevitable victory in the Davis Cup tennis…
Mr Spielberg, you cannot be serious
I wonder if Steven Spielberg is having second thoughts about Bridge of Spies in light of the attack on Paris?…
Mr Spielberg, you cannot be serious
I wonder if Steven Spielberg is having second thoughts about Bridge of Spies in light of the attack on Paris?…
