The Godfather: Peter Corris on hospitalisation
Recently I spent a day in hospital for a minor procedure to correct an irregular heart rhythm. As a hospital experience, of which I’ve had several over the years, it...
Read MoreRecently I spent a day in hospital for a minor procedure to correct an irregular heart rhythm. As a hospital experience, of which I’ve had several over the years, it...
Read MoreWhen I was doing English II at Melbourne University in 1960 we had to sit one exam for the poetry component and another on the prose works. Swot that I was, I memorised...
Read MoreIt has been said that moving house can be a stressful event, not far behind a marriage breakup or a death in the family. Having moved so many times in three states and...
Read MoreHumphrey McQueen once claimed to have been the only person to have read Xavier Herbert’s massive novel Poor Fellow My Country (1975) from start to finish and I’ve never...
Read MoreRecently I wrote in praise of audiobooks, which I continue to consume at a rate of three or four a week – they are vital to my quality of life. Further familiarity has...
Read MoreAt a touch over 50 games into the 2016 season (I am writing just before the bounce of the ball to begin round 7), the AFL competition this year bids fair to be more...
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