Richard Castles

Kamala was never going to beat Trump the in-Vanceable

21 November 2024 9:02 am

As a woman and the incumbent Vice President, Kamala Harris had the extremely difficult task of stepping into a second…

Once we were…

1 November 2024 10:25 am

The Guinness Book of Records was a big thing in the 1970s. Every house had a copy. The book contained all…

Of course test cricket is dying … Western Civilisation is dying

11 January 2024 3:00 am

Reports of the death of test cricket have, for some time, been greatly exaggerated, but last week saw the kind…

The heart of the Voice is confusion

16 August 2023 4:00 am

It takes a special kind of agility to shoot oneself in the foot while being hoisted by your own petard,…

Our bias toward ‘Yes’

18 July 2023 5:30 am

In a world where positivity is encouraged, it is only natural to have a bias towards the word ‘Yes’. ‘Yes’…

Big-Endians versus Little-Endians

20 April 2023 6:00 am

Those who know their history will recall the Great Egg Rebellions of Lilliput waged between the Big-Endians who demanded that…

But, is it safe?

23 February 2023 5:00 am

Older readers may remember a TV show on the ABC in the 1970s called The Inventors. It was a bit…

How to become a climate pariah in 10 easy steps

18 January 2023 12:00 pm

My father, I feel, was defamed at the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate…

A close encounter with American healthcare

18 December 2022 4:00 am

In November 2013, I had my only encounter with the American healthcare system after finishing the New York marathon. It…