
The Weekly Notebook BY ALEX MITCHELLON SEPTEMBER 7, 2017 Exploring Read more →
The arrest of Collectors host Andy Muirhead brings into focus an issue that has troubled me for some time: the law that makes it illegal to watch something – anything – on your home computer. Paedophilia is of course detestable. All those attacked are scarred for life. And what makes it even more terrible is ...Continue Reading
Last Thursday was a nightmare. And not just for Kevin Rudd but for those of us who know and like him. As I watched him struggling with his emotions in that farewell address in the Prime Minister’s Courtyard, I was taken back to our many hours together as we traced his life from birth to ...Continue Reading
Thank God it’s over. I speak, of course, of Master Chef that reality television phenomenon that for some of us came far too close to reality itself. You see, I’m the ‘babbling brook’ at our place; have been for the last few years while writing full time. It’s no hardship. In fact I quite enjoy ...Continue Reading
Regular readers will recall that a few months ago I complained about Canberra’s rude and unhelpful Chemist shop assistants. At the time it became something of a talking point and I received lots of rude and unhelpful emails. So it’s only fair that I should report the remarkable change that has taken place – at ...Continue Reading