Personal Reflections

I was flaneuring around Mosman, one of those leafy North Shore Sydney suburbs. looking at architecture and the pattern of life. The thing I...

Kelly Servick in Science had a really fascinating piece, What’s really behind ‘gluten sensitivity’?   I mention it in part because it reall...

The imbroglio over citizenship and Section 44 of the Australian Constitution is a gift that keeps on giving. The announcement that the by-...

Note to readers: Every Wednesday I am going to bring up one draft chapter of New England Travels, the book I have been working on. Each ch...

This is a short round-up post. It also acts as the Monday Forum post - go where you like here. The Royal Wedding I hadn't intended t...

Armidale Express feature by Nicholas Fuller on yours truly: History columnist Jim Belshaw believes history is vital for policymaking .  C...

From time to time here we have talked about the use and abuse of words. Today's forum follows this up with an example that I am findin...

While I have been preoccupied, Section 44(i) of the Australian Constitution has continued to claim more parliamentary victims. On 9 May 2018...

Hhat tip to Artdaily for this one. Men's clothes as seen on display at the Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear 1715 - 2015 exhibitio...

I have been reading, more precisely trying to read, the Australian Gonski 2.0 report into school education. It is so full of jargon that I ...

I have now posted to my history blog the paper I delivered  in the University of New England’s Humanities seminar series on 13 April 2018: N...

In a comment on Sunday Essay - Can the New England media survive? Yes, but only if it changes , kvd wrote:  This is a very thoughtful pie...