Better to be the founder of a cool social network than the billion-dollar buyer
I haven’t used Yahoo as a general search engine since an American friend introduced me to the miracle that was…
Losing firepower
Man, I love the Flaming Lips. Psychedelic rock sublimity. They movingly address the deepest human concerns without a whiff of…
Losing firepower
Man, I love the Flaming Lips. Psychedelic rock sublimity. They movingly address the deepest human concerns without a whiff of…
The Stamp of quality
If ever a director’s decision to cast an actor based solely on looks could be excused, it would be Pier…
Dream machine
In 1951, Arthur Drexler, an influential curator at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, organised an exhibition called 8 Automobiles.…
Steak, chips and misogyny
STK is a steakhouse at the bottom of the ME Hotel on the Aldwych. (This is a real name for…
Wild life
A leopard has been on the rampage night after night. We know her because she often lurks in the woods…
The Stamp of quality
If ever a director’s decision to cast an actor based solely on looks could be excused, it would be Pier…
The end of innocence
As far as memory serves, in my 46 years of being both in and at the ballet I have encountered…
Dream machine
In 1951, Arthur Drexler, an influential curator at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, organised an exhibition called 8 Automobiles.…
The wheat and the chaff of online comments
What’s to be done about the online comments sections in daily newspapers? These (for those estimable Spectator readers who have…
Terra nullius
For many people these days, exploration means peeking into some of the more unusual corners of the internet. This massive…
Across the aisle
These days, book launches, like election campaign launches, come well after a new book is actually released to the public.…
Across the aisle
These days, book launches, like election campaign launches, come well after a new book is actually released to the public.…
Knights on wheels
A knight and his lady awaken, naked in the forest. She pins up her embroidered gown while he begins his…
War Stories
The mental battle over Sunday roast: mum, my brother and myself trying our best to look interested, so he wouldn’t…
War Stories
The mental battle over Sunday roast: mum, my brother and myself trying our best to look interested, so he wouldn’t…
Knights on wheels
A knight and his lady awaken, naked in the forest. She pins up her embroidered gown while he begins his…
Niall Ferguson shouldn’t have apologised for his comments about Keynes
Is it homophobic to argue that it’s mainly gay men who keep the flame of popular culture alive? If so,…
The lady means business
Gina Rinehart: The Untold Story of the Richest Woman in the World By Adele Ferguson PanMacmillan, $34.99, pp 490 ISBN…
Across the aisle
It was the best of time and the worst of times for Twitter. Anzac Day, our most sacred day, was…
Across the aisle
It was the best of time and the worst of times for Twitter. Anzac Day, our most sacred day, was…
Double vision
There were two Joan Eardleys, according to a new biography of the Scottish painter by Christopher Andreae. There was ‘the…
There will be spuds
Exmouth Market is a small collection of paved streets near the Farringdon Travelodge, which specialises in monomaniacal restaurants and has…
Double vision
There were two Joan Eardleys, according to a new biography of the Scottish painter by Christopher Andreae. There was ‘the…
