Diary Australia
Sicilian diary
‘Muslims will not blow anyone up here,’ the proprietor of my Siracusa local assures me, ‘we have our own people…
London diary
There is one thing Brexit negotiators must fix if Britain really intends to rediscover its Commonwealth. For the last 44…
US Diary
It was a somewhat surreal experience to be standing with my partner and two children in Disneyland’s New Orleans Square,…
Myanmar diary
From time to time, a political leader embodies the past, present and future of their nation. Such is Aung San…
Warsaw Diary
When one first lands in Warsaw, it’s easy to dismiss the prevailing Soviet realist architecture. The endless blocks of flats…
Bermuda diary
Want to stop the world and get off? Try spending some time on a yacht with extremely limited communications racing…
Taiwan diary
First impressions are telling. When I first visited Taipei 25 years ago, the roads were crowded with bicycles. A decade…
Moroccan diary
‘I will call this a KKK meeting’, he announced, triumphantly. Perhaps seeing my bewilderment, my garrulous Moroccan host pointed to…
Venice diary
The Biennale The Venice Biennale has been a rite of every second spring since 1895. The oldest biennial art fair…
New York diary
The Brexit symposium I am here in New York City thanks to New York University, and in particular to the…
Pollie pedal diary
It is a 550 km drive from Albury to Sydney along the Hume Freeway. Travelling at 110 kph, you can…
Terrorism diary
Tommy Robinson, Caolan Robertson and I were filming in a Chelsea studio for Rebel Media. We were recording videos about…
Australian Diary
Last week, I was on a Brexit road show with the UK Euro-parliamentarian Dan Hannan. Hannan, who has written superbly…
Australian diary
After such a long hot summer it is oddly refreshing to be back in Canberra for the start of the…
DC diary
The Trump presidency is less than 48 hours old as I wing my way from Los Angeles to Washington DC,…
DC diary
The Trump presidency is less than 48 hours old as I wing my way from Los Angeles to Washington DC,…
Australian diary
After such a long hot summer it is oddly refreshing to be back in Canberra for the start of the…
Roman diary
I sat down with my father at a supposedly authentic Roman trattoria, anticipating a gluttonous, gluten-rich payload. Two Irish women…
Roman diary
I sat down with my father at a supposedly authentic Roman trattoria, anticipating a gluttonous, gluten-rich payload. Two Irish women…
Diary
My two sons, aged 16 and 14, are at the wonderful stage where, in the sharp-humoured traditions of Australian larrikinism,…
Java diary
Outdoors, Jakarta’s heat and humidity were oppressive. Inside the 6th World Peace Forum (WPF), most delegates were in heated agreement…
Java diary
Outdoors, Jakarta’s heat and humidity were oppressive. Inside the 6th World Peace Forum (WPF), most delegates were in heated agreement…
Beijing diary
Standing next to the large lobby Christmas tree in ‘Sunjoy Mansion’ where the Australian has its modest office in Beijing,…
Beijing diary
Standing next to the large lobby Christmas tree in ‘Sunjoy Mansion’ where the Australian has its modest office in Beijing,…
Christmas diary
I couldn’t ask for a present this Christmas. First, what’s left for a conservative to wish for after this astonishing…
