I woke this morning to hear that British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, is in a spot of bother over an off-the-cuff comment that the...

I'm proudly Australian. I'm not a flag-waving Australian, but that's more to do with a personal disdain for vexillology, rather than any...

Crowded House have returned once more, with their new album, Intriguer. It is an exceptionally fine album. Neil Finn is unarguably one of...

I'd like to make it clear from the outset that I'm a big fan of the vuvuzela, if for no other reason than it brings some much-needed...

It's been quite ridiculously cold in Perth these last few mornings. Frost on the ground. Frost on Windows. Frost on pets and duvets, for...

I'm displeased to report that Brut still stinks. As a product, it seems to possess no redeeming features of any kind, and the puerile...

This posting comes directly to you from Thailand. Why? Because I'm in Thailand. [Well, we were at time.] My wife and I have been here for...

I'll never forget the time my wife and I climbed a mountain. We were in Thailand, and it was 2010. (A lifetime ago!) We'd been told that...

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...

When I was a boy, I loved cricket with a passion. To this day, my recall of inane cricketing trivia is embarrassingly extensive. I mean...

I detest smoking. I try not to detest smokers, but I don't try that hard. Part of the reason for this, I think, is that I was once a...

On route to dinner with some mates last night, I noticed a new advertisement for a "toasted sandwich" that was being promoted by a...

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...

Leonard Cohen: Concert Review. I’ve seen some very fine concerts in my time. In fact, I’ve been incredibly fortunate to have seen some...

There are films, books or songs that societies hurl into the limelight from time to time. Some, like "Mambo Number Five", are novelty...

It seems that fast food has been on the receiving end of some unwanted attention of late; at least, it's unwanted from the point of view...

When I first started watching cricket as a boy, Australia were terrible. It was around 1986, and the Ashes were played in Australia....