Scott Walker (1943 - 2019) By 1995, I was well on the way to being a music obsessive. Me and a few mates from uni would head into 78...

The devastation of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is an undeniable tragedy. Such beauty, such history torn apart by fire; a place of...

When I was a kid, and an altar server, Holy Week was a busy time. Palm Sunday, the Blessing of the Oils, Holy Thursday, and then, Good...

Olive trees in our garden in fruit on ANZAC Day our children pick them; the aubergine lustre and sweetness rubbed concealing the...

IMPERIAL LEATHER SOAP - A letter Dear Mr/Mrs Leather, I like your soap in that, well, it's soap. It gets soapy. Decent lather. (More on...

It's not uncommon for politics to annoy me, but to hear the Prime Minister refer to a possible raising of the the Newstart Allowance as...

Vale, Daniel. A phenomenal songwriter, and an inspiring, troubled human being. He fought his demons all his life, and fought the best of...

When I look at Greta Thunberg doing everything in her power to rouse the leaders of the world into urgently acting on Climate Change, I...

Christmas thoughts on Climate Change Even you're a climate change sceptic (ie. anti-science numpty), you'd think you'd want more out of a...

Another wonderful for music. Along with more conventional fare, my list has some pretty odd stuff in it, but that’s just what I’ve...

This has been my best year of reading in well over a decade. So many wonderful books. The two lists here refer to books READ this year,...

There are spiders, spiders everywhere. Red. Black. Red. Black. The black, reaching out in all directions; A vicious line of red bisecting...

Dear Prime Minister, You still seem to be struggling to engage in any meaningful way with the Australian people during this crisis. So, I...

Vale, Terry Jones. Python. Saddened to hear that Terry Jones has finally succumbed to the horrible form of dementia that first robbed him...

Something's amiss; we gather at the muster point, wondering if there's truly such a thing as false alarm. We gather at the steeled sign,...

I was deeply saddened by passing of John Prine. Prine was a beautiful, gentle man, whose modesty greatly belied his talent. Though he...

The world has long known that despite its endless boasting, America is not - and likely has never been - the greatest country on earth....

Tim Brooke-Taylor (1940 - 2020) So very sad to hear of the passing of the wonderful Tim Brooke-Taylor. To me, Tim will always be Tim from...