Simon Collins
Even Australians who consider the Commonwealth Games a meaningless anachronism must have been pleased with our team’s performance last month.…
Simon Collins
I wonder if Malcolm Turnbull has found time yet to see Armando Innuccio’s new film The Death of Stalin? I…
Simon Collins
While we’re still in the conference stage of the 2018 Super Rugby competition it’s too early to say whether the…
Simon Collins
Like many Australians I was greatly affected by the news that James Packer has decided he is not well enough…
Simon Collins
Ireland beat Australia to marriage equality by five years, and with a Yes victory every bit as resounding as ours.…
Simon Collins
‘A woman preaching is like a dog walking on his hind legs,’ said Samuel Johnson, ‘It is not done well;…
Simon Collins
Whenever I can justify flying business class to the UK I go with Malaysian. I do this mainly because three…
Simon Collins
The critically acclaimed Darkest Hour brings the number of films about Winston Churchill released in the last decade to six,…
Simon Collins
Thanks to the announcement of the engagement of two foreign celebrities 2017 ended on a cheery note for many Australians.…
Simon Collins
While Tinseltown gets on with outing the sex pests in its senior ranks it’s too soon to say if it…
Simon Collins
In a couple of weeks we’ll know whether the last 5 million votes in the same-sex marriage postal survey confirmed…
North Hobart’s village idiot
Opportunities to undermine the state can’t present themselves too often in a place like North Hobart, so it’s hardly surprising…
Simon Collins
Hate gets a bad rap these days. Children are taught that they mustn’t hate each other, divorcees are counselled not…
Simon Collins
Perhaps there were plans for some tax-payer-funded, public service web content with a catchy, kid-friendly slogan: ‘From eleven to three,…
Simon Collins
It has been brought to my attention that many of my closest friends have long-standing connections to communities which have…
Simon Collins
‘That sounded like gunfire,’ said one of my dinner companions, glancing towards the window. We were a quarter of a…
Simon Collins
When Geoffrey Blainey’s seminal work The Tyranny of Distance first appeared in Dymocks’ window many people didn’t realise it was…
Simon Collins
Of all the names Mark Latham was called last week, the one which could most seriously affect his future employment…
Justin Milne’s Stand Up Comedy Routine
If the Walkleys had a Most Humorous Headline category, ‘No bias at the ABC vows new chairman’, would surely take…
Simon Collins
As a man without a faithful atom in his body I am fascinated by the phenomenon of radicalisation; the alchemical…
Simon Collins
As I write this the Trump inauguration is still three days away, so the US intelligence community still has time…
Simon Collins
Forget Thredbo, Charlotte Pass and Falls Creek; Australia’s best skiing conditions are to be found in Canberra! For reasons which…
Simon Collins
I can’t be the only Speccie reader who’s lost sleep thinking about the Crown Resort employees awaiting trial in China.…
Simon Collins
Big Oil, Big Tobacco, Big Agri, Big Pharma… every industry these days seems to have its bogeyman collective, the theory…
Simon Collins
It’s a little know fact that when French aristo Baron Pierre de Coubertin averred that ‘the important thing is not…
