When I look beyond myself, my physical self, my self-tracked atoms my bagged, wet flesh and my well-worn bones, I see all directions and...

Never get into an argument with a zealot or a fool. Joe Biden would have done well to remember this in his really rather terrible debate...

History is a narrative. He who weaves the threads of its story wields considerable power. And virtually without exception, it's been men...

Karl Wallinger died far too young. We know for certain that he had a great deal more music in him because he'd told us so. He was in the...

When people talk about the Indiana Jones films, they tend to speak of them as a franchise, which is an understandable if flawed way to...

Everybody Listen Up! I must confess that Band of Horses are a band I've neglected since purchasing their debut back in 2006. It was an...

LET'S GO DEEPER DOWN... If there's a perceptible difference between the solo work of Neil Finn and the post-Hester Crowded House, it's...

This happened back in 2010... Last night, my wife and I had the rare pleasure of going to hear the Western Australian Symphony Orchestra....

Released in 1997 to somewhat mixed reviews, Andromeda Heights is somewhat of an outlier in Prefab Sprout's oeuvre due to its lush...

The Gift of Divine Grace I am a Catholic, and I am at peace with this. It was not always so; theological certainties aren't easily...

New Year So! You've turned the page again, You look perplexed, my new-old friend. What once was now, has become then. It must be strange,...

Liffey For Shane McGowan (1957 - 2023) Broken poet, glorious mess, Penny-whistle novelist, Dublin's Boy. Bellow at the sun, serenade the...

I've resisted writing about the horrific situation in Gaza because of the difficulty of dispassionately examining any situation in which...

October 14, 2023, is the date on which Australia collectively determined to deny Aboriginal Australia its rightful place in our nation's...

I've not enjoyed the last couple of weeks. They've left me feeling pretty flat, pretty resentful. I've found it hard to muster the degree...

This referendum will be my second opportunity to vote in one. I feel that I am privileged to be in this position. It's not that I don't...

The world's finest Yorkshiremen has left the building. Parky the great. Gee, no one could turn an interview into an event like he could....

Sinead O'Connor (1966 - 2023) Sinead O'Connor was as mighty, pure and fearless an artist as the world has seen. We saw all she was: the...

English cricket fans - specifically those who are crying foul at the fair and legitimate dismissal of Johnny Bairstow - are being held to...

As a high school teacher, working with students who have an array of different needs is a challenge, but also one of the most rewarding...