I’m failing as a parent, and that’s OK
According to two new books, I should be hothousing them. I'm not
A mystery in the middle lane
The trick is that there's no one rule. Try doing that with an algorithm
Creative destruction
In Labor’s telling, the decision by Japanese Toyota executives to pull the plug on their Australian operation is Tony Abbott’s…
Diary
I watch yet another ugly Schapelle Corby scene on the television news: she’s being released from prison and bundled into…
Australian Notes
A new class war is being mounted between those who feel for Schapelle Corby in her long ordeal in an…
On the Contrary
Once upon a time, I liked the boats. I thought the absence of boats to be a lamentable prospect. I…
Australian letters
Keep the Lord’s Prayer Sir: Chris Ashton has outlined three reasons why recitation of the Lord’s Prayer should be removed…
You’re no John Stuart Mill
On the constitutional preamble and section 18C, the Attorney-General is not off to a good start
Brown study
There are some loose ends about the ABC controversy that should be tidied up. First, it is interesting that the…
Notes from Iran
Now that I’ve moved into the silly old duffer age bracket, a lot of invitations to film festivals, as a…
Glorious gallimaufry
Discoveries: Art, Science and Exploration at Two Temple Place (until 27 April) is like a giant cabinet of curiosities. Maps,…
A&E
If this waiting is hellish, then the sick are limbo dancing; only those who are bent double, or on the…
Meeting in the Small Hours
He was there again in the small hours: not this time in a dream, but in a dream of dreaming.…
Meeting in the Small Hours
He was there again in the small hours: not this time in a dream, but in a dream of dreaming.…
Spirits of Bruegel
The ostensible subject matter is misleading, as is any conflation with his lesser relatives’ wassailing peasants and roistering village squares.…
Wild life
Laikipia ‘I am old and cannot work again,’ said Celestino. ‘But you are 46 and we have many years to…
A mystery in the middle lane
I am convinced that when I took my driving test in 1983 I was asked by the examiner, ‘What lane…
Glorious gallimaufry
Discoveries: Art, Science and Exploration at Two Temple Place (until 27 April) is like a giant cabinet of curiosities. Maps,…
Inspired by Bach
It appears that J.S. Bach’s music is to theatre-dance what whipped cream is to chocolate. Masterworks such as Trisha Brown’s…
