Yesterday on Twitter, Guardian Australian Arts writer Ben Eltham, possibly bored from writing about culture in a country that doesn’t…

Flat White lore is rich with stories of those who didn’t quite make it and those who did make it but we really wish hadn’t, and those who may make…

At a time when the world is going to hell and some perspective is desperately needed, thank God for the…

Here’s an old writers trick that doesn’t involve moving to Tunisia and becoming a dope fiend. If you don’t want to say…

It’s the G7 and as world leaders gather here’s the big question: who wore it better – Dr Jill and the psychobabble elder-care…

Prince Harry wants to talk about his childhood and work out whom to blame. So do I. I grew-up in Mount Waverley and they really were…

It’s Academy Award time and the votes are in for best female black actor in a male Latino role.   Meanwhile…

On A Current Affair Magda Szubanski said it was ok for her to criticize Jenny Morrison because of the growing…

Was it Snoopy who said Being-A-Writer means never having to complete your novel? I’ve been thinking a lot about being…

The political and cultural Left claim that when it comes to the big issues they are not-playing-politics. They say it all the time. But they are currently…

So let’s talk about the poetry thing and the poet who read poetry at the inauguration. America’s National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman who recited the…

Contrary to the aphorism and what you’re seeing in America, things don’t fall apart, the centre nearly always holds.   Despite what you read democracy…

Dr Jill wants to be Dr Phil, that is the question: whether you are a wanker for calling yourself a Doctor when you’re…

Forget bonk ban. The real sex hang-ups — or more accurately — sexuality hang-ups seem to be from progressive types…

I have written before about Hot for Teacher.  The Van Halen guitar rock megahit was a touchstone for cultural norms…

Just for the record because everything is on the record: I doubt I could ever vote for Donald Trump.   My…

The endgame isn’t Donald Trump. With the Democratic Convention coronation complete and campaigning underway, It’s Biden-Harris; America’s Seinfeld ticket, a…

The Orange Man is cheating.  He’s Teleprompter Trump but we want Rally Trump crazy that will play badly on middle…

CNN is saying the Biden speech proves he isn’t an old man, even though anyone with elderly parents would recognize…

I was with the best minds of my generation – chartered accountants, real estate agents, Instagram influencers living off the…

The ideological closed shop that is Australia’s creative classes isn’t really a secret even if the artists themselves insist on…