Archive for year: 2025

Rarely a Dull Moment – Well, a Bit of a Dull Moment …
Had to happen sometime. Tonight, 23 July 2025, may have been one of the dull moments. Clocking off a touch…
Fremantle to Host Australian Cruise Association Conference
The 2025 Australian Cruise Association (ACA) Conference is set to return to Fremantle after two decades, taking place from 3-5…
The Wednesday Poem
Do Not Sleep Beside a River​ When the wind is still, the river is slick, fat and smooth Round bellied…
After The Game With Snaps Truly – Rd 19 2025 V Collingwood
First of all, an apology to you for taking so long to get over a hit-on-the-head-with-hammers hangover and some light…
Seeing Red: Meditation on Quisling – The Final Days and its Australian refractions
In Mark Twain’s and Charles Dudley Warner’s 1873 novel, The Gilded Age it is noted: “History never repeats itself, but…
Movie Review – Divine Sarah Bernhardt
To say that Sarah Bernhardt ruled the theatre, particularly in France but also world-wide from the late 1860s through to…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – Albo Visits The Great Wall, Tasmanians To Vote – Again
Welcome back to our politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Today we look at the PM’s…
Islamophobia & Antisemitism – The Policy Future
📘 KEY SEGAL RECOMMENDATIONS • University and Arts Funding: Institutions that fail to address antisemitism could lose government funding. A…
The Catalpa Escape Podcast Series – Episode 2
In Episode 1 of the Catalpa Escape Podcast Series, our narrator, Margo O’Byrne, set the scene for the famous 1876…
“Friendship” Film Review
This is a very hard movie to watch. A masterclass in how to make the worst of any scenario. How…