While stage curtains fall to end the show and the audience is sent packing, the sudden death of Barry Humphries surely has an encore of echoing applause transcending up high […]
Read MoreTributes to a Tele Letters favourite
While perhaps an exception, having written my first published Letter to the Editor in my teens, there is little doubt that those currently engaged in this fun enterprise are a […]
Read MoreFarewell to a true hero
To die peacefully is surely a God-given blessing, but the prospects of doing so must be long-odds when one’s wartime battles included the trenches of Tobruk during a 241-day siege […]
Read MoreA sporting life honoured
In the spirit of Warren’s brilliant cartoon (24/5), Bobby Fulton has truly earned the heartwarming accolades echoing through the columns of the Daily Telegraph. (A legend lost, 24/5). Like trumpeting […]
Read MoreTimely operation
Having spent a medical career caring for patients with vascular disease often requiring surgical interventions, I applaud the insightful publicity afforded to Bert Newton and his battle with diabetes. (Bert’s […]
Read MoreWorld loses a good guy
Francophiles in Australia might well lament the passing of former President Valery Giscard d’Estang, one of the youngest presidents since Napoleon and the longest survivor at 94. (Vale Valery, 4/12). […]
Read MoreMarvellous Marcella
News that Marcella Zemanek is stepping away from Charlie Teo’s charity after a constant affiliation since her broadcaster husband’s death is a milestone. (A beauty for brains, 3/10). Hard to […]
Read MoreIt doesn’t fly, Tony
The costly visit to the US by left-leaning Labor minister Tony Burke hopefully proves extremely fruitful, with deals done and much achieved to profit the Australian economy beyond measure. Somehow, […]
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Mankini man for games … that’s gold
It is apparent Shane Rose has given great service to the equestrian community, but no one was expecting the clothes off his back. (Horseflesh fun puts Olympic hopes at risk, […]
Read MoreChanging frequency
Kyle Sandilands has proven himself perennially controversial, so any improvement in ratings perhaps says more about the competition. (KIIS and tell them who rules the radio, 9/11). Inheriting the Alan […]
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