Trump's shock value has faded. No one's listening Why renaming Lake Ontario 'Lake America' got a collective 'Whatever'. The Canberra Times · Aug 30
No country for old poets? Barry Hill’s Lamb is a work of vitality and rejuvenation If any generalisations can be made of Australian poetry, one of them might be that Australia is no country for old poets. It is hard enough finding an audience while you’re alive. Then, when you’re no longer around to read or speak of them, your poems will likely slip into… The Conversation · Jun 16, 2025
Did Bill Buckley Really Lead a Successful Revolution? You can hear echoes of Buckley's early career in more than one MAGA crusader's rhetoric today. That's not a sign of a man who won. Reason · Jun 3, 2025
The sad decline of Gore Vidal, America’s most acerbic writer and fearsome feuder THE READING LIST: As the world approaches the centenary of the celebrated novelist, television pundit and all-around man of letters, Martin Chilton recalls his greatest work, most withering putdowns, and chronicles a career that devolved into ‘crackpot’ conspiracy theories, illness and, perhaps most depressing of all, boredom The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2025
Bledisloe Cup: Wallabies 28-31 All Blacks – as it happened New Zealand hang on to retain the Bledisloe Cup despite Australia launching a stirring second-half comeback at Accor Stadium The Guardian - AU · Sep 21, 2024
Wallabies face up to annual All Blacks examination with new reason for hope Australia last held the Bledisloe Cup in 2002 but this time have inside knowledge while New Zealand have had a chink in their armour The Guardian - AU · Sep 18, 2024
Birchers review: how the Republican far right gave us Trump and DeSantis Matthew Dallek’s fast-paced and well-researched history shows how the John Birch Society rose, raved and never went away The Guardian - US · Mar 19, 2023
Baldwin v Buckley: how the ‘debate play’ made a riveting resurgence Verbal clashes from history are being thrillingly restaged for modern audiences. Do these grand battles prove we’ve lost the art of disagreement? And could watching them anew change the politics of tomorrow? The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2023
Trump losing donors to DeSantis: report Politico reports major GOP donors are flooding DeSantis with cash he doesn't need in 2022, possibly for '24 run Salon · Jun 20, 2022