by Spectator Australia | Apr 25, 2024 | Independent Commentary, Spectator Australia
Writing in the current issue of Quadrant magazine, Paul Prociv says, ‘The field of Aboriginal affairs is awash with sloppy terminology. Saturated with words glibly thrown around as if we all took their meaning for granted without any clear definition.’ One of the most empty and meaningless these words is
by Spectator Australia | Apr 25, 2024 | Independent Commentary, Spectator Australia
The Jilly Cooper Book Club was set up about a decade ago by two friends who’d had enough of book groups where someone would insist, ‘We really must do Dostoevsky this year.’ Members of the JCBC, in a co-founder’s words, just wanted to get together to ‘drink champagne and shriek
by Spectator Australia | Apr 25, 2024 | Independent Commentary, Spectator Australia
There are nearly two dozen Rules in bridge to help you in the bidding and play. The Rule of 20, for instance: open the bidding (in any seat) when your points plus the number of cards in your two longest suits come to at least 20. Or the Rule of
by Spectator Australia | Apr 25, 2024 | Independent Commentary, Spectator Australia
Where once Carr resembled a wittily deadpan undertaker, he’s now starting to look as pale, drawn and sinister as the contents of the coffin. Image: Netflix
by Spectator Australia | Apr 25, 2024 | Independent Commentary, Spectator Australia
There are two kinds of long Covid. One is a medical syndrome, the other manifests as a healthy obsession – an urge to shed light on what happened during the pandemic crisis. Too many questions remain unanswered: why did Sweden come out of the pandemic better than other countries without