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Humphrey McqueenPearls and Irritations |
In 1962, a columnist with the Melbourne Herald noted that a 16th century sculpture of Madonna and Child would be on that year’s Christmas stamp. He...
For the worst part of 250 years, the United States of America has been a plutocracy. With 800 billionaires in a population of 345 million, the enemy...
Father’s Day is not what it was when first promoted in Australia in 1936 with “Give-dad-a-tie” campaign. Neither are fathers. With one marriage...
Behold, now behemoth … Behold, he drinketh up a river … The Book of Job, 40: 15 and 23. ‘Most of us don’t know 95 percent of what Amazon is...
“Why did GOUGH GO OFF like that?” the satirical OZ magazine asked in June 1966 after the Rt Rev. Hugh Rowland Gough had resigned as Anglican...
‘…price-protection is, and must always, remain the very first and foremost plank in any fighting platform worthy of the name, and hang the...
Swiftie: “A piece of sharp practice; an act of deception; a trick, esp. in the phrase to pull a swiftie”. The Australian National Dictionary. ...
Vox Pop illustrates that the most enthusiastic celebrants of Australia Day do not always know what happened on 26 January 1788 in Sydney Cove. Some...