Bridge
Why do men always yell at the television or keep up a running commentary while watching sport? My husband does…
Bright blues
The boat race for the brain, as it has become known, took place at the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall,…
No. 353
Black to play. This is from James-Sugden, -Cambridge 1972, as featured last week. It’s a win by the Cambridge player…
Acrostic
In Competition No. 2888 you were invited to submit a poem in the style of a well-known poet, the first…
To 2199: TV Comedy
The unclued lights can be arranged to give: ‘I decided to sell my Hoover … well, it was just collecting…
Lynch mob-ette
There is a disturbing current of vilification running throughout the Australian feminist movement. Even as Australians proudly celebrated International Women’s…
Australian notes
In taking action for defamation Treasurer Joe Hockey is breaking a great Parliamentary convention, according to Mark Latham. He was…
Diary
After I fell off my chair again, it was time to get ready for the launch of the Intergenerational Report…
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
The Intergenerational Report offers the government a glimpse into their (and our) future
Lynched by the feminist mob
Despite being a pin-up boy for the White Ribbon movement, I made the mistake of attempting to explain male violence
Culture buff
Nowadays we don’t often look to modern Greece for inspiration except for its physical beauty and the charm of its…
Tales to tell
The short story has long been a staple of Australian literature but has had something of a rough ride in…
