When I was a boy, I used to love to go fishing. Most of the time, I went fishing with my late Grandfather, when, after spending the night...

Haggling over price is generally a strange experience for an Australian. We don't tend to haggle. True, if one happened to be buying a...

Once, when on holiday in Thailand, my wife and I ate dinner in a little village called Ao Nang, which is about half an hour's taxi ride...

Possibly the most vexing "issue" in Australian politics is one that has become so convoluted and distorted that I'm struggling to even...

The United States just can't seem to get past the pain of September 11, 2001. I'm not surprised, but I fervently wish that for their...

I received some lovely gifts for Christmas. I'd tell you about them, but I'm wary of implicitly creating the appearance that I favour the...

I've just been reading about (and watching excerpts of) Ricky Gervais' performance as host of the 2011 Golden Globes. I have to say, it...

I love books, and as a general rule, I love bookshops. To be truthful, I'm especially fond of secondhand bookshops, driven as I am by the...