Brown study
As this is the thinking man’s column, I thought it useful to reflect on some of the wider issues emerging…
A complete and utter fraud
In a perfect world, Kevin Rudd would not be campaigning for election but visiting an analyst. Therapy is the treatment…
The man who saw further
Alan Turing, the man who developed the Enigma code that saved the Allied war effort, was not merely disregarded by…
The Colours of London
(after Yoshio Markino, 1911) Colours of women, a grey-veiled pink, a bloom Fading to yellow, stippled, dust-hung, flecked Soot startling…
The Colours of London
(after Yoshio Markino, 1911) Colours of women, a grey-veiled pink, a bloom Fading to yellow, stippled, dust-hung, flecked Soot startling…
Gillard and the Grange Hermitage
My Australian friend was in mourning over the removal of Julia Gillard, the country’s first female prime minister. She had…
This year, I’m hiring graduates with thirds
Whenever I return to my old university, I am always struck by how incredibly focused, purposeful and studious everyone seems…
The man who saw further
Alan Turing, the man who developed the Enigma code that saved the Allied war effort, was not merely disregarded by…
What business is it of the taxman whether I’m married or not?
The Conservative party is trying to redefine marriage. I can’t believe they think they’re going to get away with this.…
It’s the secret of a successful marriage: my wife treats me like a dog
‘Here, Wolf,’ says the Fawn to me, showing me a saucer. ‘Look at this! This is the new place where…
By the book: All passion rent
According to the Council of Mortgage Lenders, 81 per cent of British people want to own their homes within the…
By the book: All passion rent
According to the Council of Mortgage Lenders, 81 per cent of British people want to own their homes within the…
Reel lives
Here’s a documentary called Chronicle of a Summer. Which summer? Why, the summer of 1960, in Paris, when fag-end colonial…
Scene of the crime
Scott’s, Mount Street, Mayfair: the scene of the crime or, for those who do not read newspapers, the place where…
Reel lives
Here’s a documentary called Chronicle of a Summer. Which summer? Why, the summer of 1960, in Paris, when fag-end colonial…
Self styled
As someone who once raved about William Forsythe’s innovative approach to ballet and fondly admired his groundbreaking choreographic explorations, I…
A walking contradiction
Nick Greiner: A Political Biography By Ian Hancock Connor Court, $59.95, pp 480 ISBN 9781922168542 Ian Hancock has, in recent…
If it’s a race that only one horse can win, am I wrong to want it to be mine?
Why is Christianity so unhelpful on the very ethical dilemma that most concerns ordinary people in our everyday lives? Why…
Across the aisle
Thousands of kilometres from the Sturm und Drang of whirling leadership speculation in Canberra, another power struggle erupts with much…
Across the aisle
Thousands of kilometres from the Sturm und Drang of whirling leadership speculation in Canberra, another power struggle erupts with much…
The secret’s out
The word ‘concert’ means different things to different people. For some it evokes dinner jackets and not clapping between movements;…
Reasons to be angry
As a teenager in the 1980s I liked Jimmy Connors. This meant parking my not inconsiderable jealousy that he’d once…
Across the aisle
Twenty-three years ago, the British political thriller House of Cards gave the world the now-classic line: ‘You might very well…
