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…
The end of separatism
In Black & White: Australians All At The Crossroads Editors: Rhonda Craven, Anthony Dillon, Nigel Parbury Connor Court, $29.95, pp…
Carry on up the jungle
‘I am the wrath of God. The earth I pass will see me and tremble.’ Not my words, Mr Speaker,…
Create your own culture
Technology is turning the human urge to consume information into an unhealthy addiction. Some of this consumption — reading, following…
Friendly and ghostlike
Kaspar’s Seafood Bar and Grill is named for superstition, snobbery and avarice. At a dinner at the Savoy in 1898…
Wild life
Il Pinguaan Springs When I first saw the Pinguaan Springs they were small, fetid bogs set about with papyrus, the…
Carry on up the jungle
‘I am the wrath of God. The earth I pass will see me and tremble.’ Not my words, Mr Speaker,…
Create your own culture
Technology is turning the human urge to consume information into an unhealthy addiction. Some of this consumption — reading, following…
The day I awoke my inner predator
Gweru on the central Highveld of Zimbabwe used to be called Gwelo when I was there as a boy but…
Across the aisle
The second and final episode of the ABC docu-drama Whitlam: The Power & The Passion aired on Sunday night. As…
Across the aisle
The second and final episode of the ABC docu-drama Whitlam: The Power & The Passion aired on Sunday night. As…
Curiouser and curiouser
An oversized St Bernard’s body masked with a sheep’s head and a regal peacock with penguin feet and flippers punctuate…
Seals (Iona)
No angels listen when you cry out here, but seals rise up to see, and criticize perhaps, as you intone…
Seals (Iona)
No angels listen when you cry out here, but seals rise up to see, and criticize perhaps, as you intone…
From Vikings to vintages
The Macdonalds of Clanranald are one of the oldest families in the world. Their lineage comfortably predates the Scotland of…
Why does anyone drink wine?
You will be scandalised by the suggestion, of course, especially those of you who spend several hours every week drinking…
Curiouser and curiouser
An oversized St Bernard’s body masked with a sheep’s head and a regal peacock with penguin feet and flippers punctuate…
I’ve checked my privilege, thanks. I’m still right
This week, I bring you a dispatch from the frontline of pseudo-intellectual, metropolitan navel-gazing. This is, after all, what you…
The greens are wrong about logging, too
Just because the environmentalists have been proved so epically wrong about global warming doesn’t mean they’re right about everything else.…
Across the aisle
There are some moments sitting in the Federal Parliament that I will never forget. Listening to Martin Ferguson announce his…
Across the aisle
There are some moments sitting in the Federal Parliament that I will never forget. Listening to Martin Ferguson announce his…
Houghton revisited
When the Marquess of Cholmondeley inherited Houghton Hall, the Palladian palace by Colen Campbell and James Gibbs, he started rootling…
An ice-cream war
The Antica Roma is an ice-cream shop near the Spanish Steps in Rome; recently, it served four English tourists called…
Houghton revisited
When the Marquess of Cholmondeley inherited Houghton Hall, the Palladian palace by Colen Campbell and James Gibbs, he started rootling…
Losing the plot
Last Friday, ballet’s overcrowded aviary welcomed a new addition: Raven Girl. Sexy, sleek, troubled and troublesome, she is the creation…
