Holmes
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is the silly season. And, we did something very silly this morning. We attended a screening of ‘Holmes and Watson’, the ‘comedy’ starring Will Ferrell as Sherlock Holmes and John C Reilly as...
Author: Daniel Stepniak
Colette
Reading Time: 2 minutesA matinee screening of ‘Colette’ provided welcome relief from both Christmas shopping and the debilitating humidity of FNQ in late December. ‘Colette’ is cinema to be savoured. It is also a showcase for the...
The First Lady – James Patterson and Brendan DuBois
Reading Time: 2 minutesLast June, I read and reviewed ‘The President is Missing’, my first James Patterson book, almost entirely because It was co-authored by Bill Clinton. This time I am reviewing Patterson’s most recent novel, ‘The...
Romance, ‘drunken seduction’ and #MeToo
Reading Time: 4 minutesJanet Albrechtsen’s column in the current Weekend Australian warrants reading, if only to test the efficacy of your blood pressure medication. The target of her opinion piece is the #MeToo movement and associated implications...
‘A Gentleman in Moscow’ Amor Towles
Reading Time: 2 minutesA book to savour, and re-read with pleasure. Having just completed reading this book, I find much on which to reflect. This book tells the story of Count Rostov, a Russian nobleman, sentenced...
Trump v Judiciary
Reading Time: 2 minutesThat the President should disagree with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court by insisting that American judges are not independent and either support or oppose the President, ought to come as a great...
Public Interest, Media reporting and Renae Lawrence
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNews headlines over the last two days highlight the need to distinguish ‘public interest’ from ‘what may interest the public’. The saturation coverage of Renae Lawrence’s release from prison and her arrival in...
Khashoggi brings out the worst in Trump
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe latest installment of the investigation into the death/murder of Jamal Khashoggi demonstrates why we shouldn’t simply dismiss Donald Trump as a comical fool. In declaring support for the Saudi government and choosing to...
Is the prohibition of discrimination dictated by religious belief a loss of religious freedom? If so, is a restraint of religious freedom necessarily undesirable?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA commentary is disguised as front page news in the current The Weekend Australian. The issue itself is outlined in the attached news item. My brief comment is motivated by those who immediately jump...
‘The Little Death’
Reading Time: < 1 minute‘The Little Death’ is a 2014 Australian film now freely available from SBS on demand. It is a very funny adult comedy about sex, and mostly about sexual fantasies not known or attractive to...