BLURRED VISION *IT’S ONLY JUST BEGUN (THE WAR ON JOURNALISTS) *BUT WHAT IS A JOURNALIST ANYWAY? *SLANG MATCH *EVEN BIKES DO IT *ARE WE THE BADDIES? IT’S ONLY JUST BEGUN Anyone … Read More

GUARANTEED 99 PERCENT FREE OF GILLARD AND RUDD * LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE OLD AT HEART * THE ETHICS OF DECENCY * CHINESE WHISPERS TURN TO SHRIEKS * THE … Read More

*CRANKY WHEN HEATED *THE PARTY POOPER IN ME *RUDE WHEN WET *ANIMALS DO IT BETTER CRANKY WHEN HEATED On Tuesday, on the radio, I heard broadcaster Phillip Adams giving a … Read More

* WHEN WERE THE SIXTIES REALLY? * JONATHAN HOLMES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING RIGHT * WHEN HARRY MET RITA WHEN WERE THE SIXTIES REALLY? You want polarisation? Forget the … Read More

IS BLINDNESS A COMMUNICABLE DISEASE? BLIND EYE AT THE TELESCOPE? CANARIES ONE; FROGS ZERO JOKING YOUR WAY TO THE TOP THE RIGHTS OF TROUSERS BLIND EYE AT THE TELESCOPE? Given … Read More

MESSING WITH OUR HEADS THE CASSANDRA COMPLEX BURQA REDUX THE NAZI BY THE BED GIVE PEDESTRIANS A CHANCE DEATH AND THE CANTEEN THE CASSANDRA COMPLEX Nearly all columnists and commentators … Read More

WHAT DO CHARITIES AND SAUSAGES HAVE IN COMMON? THE VIEW FROM THE POINTY END MY LIFE AS A COUNTERFEITER BABES IN ARMS HORIZONTAL DANCING IN THE VERTICAL POSITION WHAT DO … Read More

THE POLITICS OF ‘AGIN AND AGINST’ * JUDGEMENT CALLS IN LITERARY PRIZES * BALANCING ACTS * THE ONE WORD WOMEN REALLY HATE * BABY, IT’S HOT OUTSIDE JUDGEMENT CALLS If … Read More

IT’S ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU SAY – AND DON’T SAY * IF YOU LOVE THE ABC, SPEAK NOW * STALIN AND THE CLOSE-LIPPED AMERICANS * WE HAF WAYS OF MAKING … Read More

IF A WOMAN SPEAKS, BUT NO MAN HAS HEARD HER, HAS SHE ACTUALLY SPOKEN? YOU CALL THAT A CELEBRATION? THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE MALE EAR CREEP-ING TO THE TOP … Read More

CHINESE WHISPERS AND WAY TOO MUCH TORTURE CONFUCIUS TAKES A TIP FROM THE JESUITS POLITICS TRUMPS LOGIC THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT SOMETHING OR RATHER CONFUCIUS TAKES A TIP FROM THE … Read More

Ethics, Kids and People Behaving Badly Ethical dilemmas; Who killed the readers; A moment with Howlin’ Wolf and Chuck Berry; Introducing Sydney’s endangered species Sydney could teach Hollywood a few … Read More