Personal Reflections

Where and, more importantly, what is this place I call New England? The where is easy enough, the what more difficult. Writing of the work o...

I'm still absorbing the election results. What do you think it all means? As always, feel free to go in any direction (or topic) you w...

This book grew out of a sense of frustration. I had been writing a history of Australia’s New England, the Northern or New England Tableland...

Michael O'Rourke ( Twitter handle ) and I have been friendly for a long time:. he comes from Gunnedah, me from Armidale; I went to TAS, ...

The failed attempt to egg Prime Minister Morrison at the CWA ( Country Women's Association ) conference in Albury was not a good look. ...

I hadn't hear of Sami Shah  until I read What the fear of 'getting Yassmin-ed' says about free speech and racism in Australia ...

The phrase the curate's egg dates back to England in the 1890s. Today it means not bad in patches, but also dreadful!  Do you kno...

On Thursday I finished a part time contract rewriting policies for a community housing organisation. I still have some tidying up to do, but...

Australia goes to the polls on 18 May for a House of Representatives plus half Senate election. The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) ha...

"Rugby Australia Chief Executive, Raelene Castle said: “At its core, this is an issue of the responsibilities an employee owes to th...

I suppose that this Monday Forum owes its existence to drinks I had last Thursday with Harry Creamer and his friend Andrew Waterworth. Bot...

In December I mentioned  that I had acquired a new friend, a young magpie subsequently named Tibsy. With Avenger's death, the cat f...