The Godfather: Peter Corris on brushes with fame Part 1
I’ve written about meeting (and almost meeting) Australian prime ministers, and it occurred to me to make a list of notable people I’ve met in other walks of life. This...
Read MoreI’ve written about meeting (and almost meeting) Australian prime ministers, and it occurred to me to make a list of notable people I’ve met in other walks of life. This...
Read MoreWe have 149 CDs on our shelves (I culled quite a few when we left Newtown for Earlwood; those that I’d tired of or that had become damaged). They are organised thus: 56...
Read MoreSome time ago I wrote a column called ‘The Umbrellas of Newtown’, hoping people would get the reference, although the film (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) was back quite a...
Read MoreI’ve written before about my admiration for Somerset Maugham’s short stories and how, after selling off my entire library when I could no longer read print, the only...
Read MoreEventually the endless media discussion about power prices got to me and, in an idle moment, I fell to counting up the number of sources of electricity and appliances...
Read MoreThis may seem to be an unusual heading given my stated political leanings and the observable political facts, but bear with me. It’s based on a single premise, which...
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