The most inspiring thing about ‘Rocky’ movies was not their content. It was the fact that an unknown decided he wanted to write, then star in, his own movie, and…
Wither, Cricket?
Articles, Issues, Sport
When this was published, in 2003, T20 cricket was not on the international radar. When it came, it wasn’t so much the solution to cricket’s binary bind as a foil.…
The One
Articles, Profiles, Sport
The famed “Cups” region of Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula is a great expanse of undulating paddocks, with the sort of low-lying vegetation typical of wind-fraught seaside locales, and reminiscent of the…
No More!
Articles, Pets & Animals
Many animals suffered in the recent Victorian bushfires. Many died. Those left alive depended on human compassion for their survival. The fires had exhausted and traumatised them, and only our…
The post-iron horseman
Articles, Pets & Animals
Once you understand natural horsemanship, you wonder why it took so long to take hold. But according to its advocates, the objectification of horses began many centuries ago, when our…
No mere truffle
Articles, Pets & Animals
Aussie Truffle Dogs is Australia’s first registered truffle dog breeding and training business, formed to provide purebred, registered working dogs to fill the harvesting needs of the truffle industry. Georgie…
Fast learners
Articles, Uncategorised
The Greyhound Adoption Program provides a world benchmark in the training and placement of mature dogs into homes, proving that you can teach an old dog new tricks. Have you…
Violence: the Pet Connection
Articles, Pets & Animals
Teenage violence seems to be on the increase, and one of the hidden casualties is the household pet. When Jamiroquai first hit the pop music scene in 1992, the first…
The postmodern pet
Articles, Pets & Animals
Pet Lifestyle magazine, for which I was editor, chief contributor and bottle washer, demanded that I walk a fine line. Though the subject-matter often begged for satirical treatment, the magazine…
Blame Culture
Articles, Issues, Sport
Note: This was written just before Mark Taylor made his unexpected exit from Cricket Australia – but not before he influenced the appointments of both Paine and Langer. Were…
Steve Smith
Articles, Interviews
In your book you tell readers a lot about the attributes it takes to do well, and being able to adapt and solve problems are a big ones. What was…
Jason Bright
Articles, Interviews
When Jason Bright joined Holden from Ford and Craig Lowndes went the other way, it caused a commotion. In the two party system that is the V8 Super car series,…
