Flying boards and killer moustaches
Ed Leigh, Aimee Fuller and Tim Warwood are hardly Dan Maskell, but they set an exciting tone
Multi-story dining
It’s three floors high, two days old, and full of young lawyers dressed as Patrick Bateman
Breaking windows
Smash! Don’t say we didn’t warn you. As one energy-reliant manufacturer after another shuts up shop; as our energy prices…
Diary
The Governor-General hosted an informal BBQ dinner for parliamentarians and their partners at Yarralumla the night before the first day…
Australian Notes
In his eloquent ‘Closing the Gap’ speech Tony Abbott’s call to all Australians ‘to open their hearts’ to Aborigines was…
On the Contrary
Once again, Labor seems genuinely baffled that there aren’t more votes in propping up dying industries. The (non-existent) canneries and…
Brown study
I wonder why international leaders make decisions that are clearly against their own interests. There have been two recent examples.…
American notes
The 1980 US presidential election campaign was characterised by warnings from the Carter White House about the impact of a…
Laugh but don’t pop
A tip: go see Martin Creed’s retrospective at the Hayward in the company of a child. I didn’t, but I…
The Old Man Comes Out With an Opinion
This long orchestral piece records a day the composer spent one summer meditating in Dibnah’s yard on the sounds of…
this is a message
As I make my way to the greenhouses a seagull kills me in its pure white throat. Quiet in the…
this is a message
As I make my way to the greenhouses a seagull kills me in its pure white throat. Quiet in the…
Multi-story dining
The Fable is three floors high and two days old, a monster newly hatched on the Holborn Viaduct; deep below…
Flying boards and killer moustaches
You can trust the BBC to behave like a leaf blown by any breeze, but even that spineless leviathan (if…
On course for thrills
This year you don’t want to be a jockey’s valet. Never have their washing machines spun so vigorously. From every…
Laugh but don’t pop
A tip: go see Martin Creed’s retrospective at the Hayward in the company of a child. I didn’t, but I…
The Old Man Comes Out With an Opinion
This long orchestral piece records a day the composer spent one summer meditating in Dibnah’s yard on the sounds of…
Time for posh Scotland to break its silence
I took part in a documentary about Scottishness a few weeks ago, and it wasn’t bad at all. I mused,…
Back in time to a childhood discovery in Africa
About 55 years ago, when I was about ten, my younger brother Roger and I discovered a slave pit in…
Terminal news for bookies
Hands up: who knows what a FOBT is? It stands for fixed odds betting terminal. No? Well, you should, because…
