Monthly Archives: December 2003

The Peruvians are great wall builders. Show the poorest campesino a field full of rocks and before you can say Sexy Woman, he ´s knocked together a wall – around his house, around his field, along the river, up and … Continue reading →

Ahhh the magic moments in travelling. Not that I could begin to match the masterwork by Yobbo, but then anyone who goes to that sterile island off the coast of Malaysia and compounds the error by flying Qantas deserves what … Continue reading →

In his usual idiosyncratic fashion J.M. Coetzee has orated his Nobel Lecture through the persona of Robinson Crusoe. With great plagues, decoy ducks, parrots and mutliple Defoe references Coetzee weaves a fascinating tale of isolation, unease and confused identity. Worth … Continue reading →

Its just three weeks from Christmas so I thought I’d help those news organisations with a few ole trusty news angles that appear every Christmas. Early this month we had a new variation with Cocaine Christmas cards from Chile, which … Continue reading →

It’s all a bit tragic – not least in the timing. On a slow news weekend – when the next biggest story seems to be that Bob Brown has invited Mark Latham to tour the old growth Tassie forest – … Continue reading →

A veritable Niagara of comment has poured forth about Mark Latham in the last couple of days but the Daily Telegraph’s sordid little contribution gave me special pause. Latham’s first wife, Gabrielle Gwyther, is featured, observing that: “He talked about … Continue reading →