Cold Comfort
Five Christmas carols (5, 6, 5, 3 and 4 words respectively) have been re-arranged, and re-titled at 23/38 (4 words),…
To 2140: Essex Man
The hero is Father Brown, appearing in column 3. ‘The Innocence (22) / Wisdom (15) / Secret (6D) / Scandal…
Why it’s tough to be middle class
Politics, like so much of life, could do with a bit more lateral thinking
The hopes and fears of all the years
Decades of boys' Christmas lunches have taken us from aggression to acceptance
One of the best years on record
The Sports Personality of the Year shortlist could easily be twice as long
Winter horrorland
Every possible Christmas, experience, theme, idea, memory or possibility is squelched into a sorry corner of Hyde Park
The fall of France
But at least a run of bad vintages might start to bring some sanity back to the prices
Abbott’s Christmas renewal
It’s been only three months since Tony Abbott’s decisive victory on 7 September, and already the critics are baying for…
Diary
The editor rings in a sweat. Tony Abbott was to have written this diary but dashed off to South Africa…
Australian Notes
Hal Colebatch — lawyer, historian, poet, novelist — tells the story that, when speaking a few years ago to a…
Where were you during apartheid?
It was the second session of the 27th parliament, 3 March 1970. The House was sitting for the first time…
Notes from a Media tart
One of the drawbacks of writing for a magazine as esteemed as the Spectator Australia is that you are assumed…
In memory of Christopher Koch
The Tasmanian conservative was the most important and sophisticated novelist Australia has produced
Brown Study
There must be few cases in Australia or any other country where an incoming government and its ministers have been…
Walk on the wild side
If, like me, you are allergic to pantomime (‘Oh, no you’re not!’; ‘Oh, yes I am!’) then help is at…
Building a future
One of the big differences between Frank Lloyd Wright and me is that, when he was nine, his mother gave…
Answers to ‘Spot the Play Title’
1. Cat Honour Hot Tin Roof 2. Frank Hen Stein 3. Ark A Deer 4. Hammer Day S 5. Hiss…
Spot the play title
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