Well done to The Daily Telegraph’s creativity department for the provocative proposition that Rodert Irwin should give the James Bond role some serious consideration. (“I’ve got licence to thrill,” 1/12). […]
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Golden tone gone from the airways
News that radio personality John Laws is again retiring seems quite surreal. The golden tonsils has been in our lives and had an enormous impact on major political and social […]
Read MoreHonouring Kidman clan matriarch
Occasionally appearing at acting awards ceremonies, sharing the limelight with her famous daughter Nicole, Janelle Kidman’s life as wife and mother might often have been out of her control as […]
Read MoreJames nails the Games
What a champion is 28-year-old James Turner, world record setter and Paralympic gold medal winner (“Games fever strikes our world beater”, DT, 5/9). Ranked T36, implying some asymmetry to his […]
Read MoreMargot’s a role model
How wonderful to see Aussie star Margo Robbie looking amazing as she progresses through her third trimester of pregnancy while holidaying in far away Sardinia with husband Tom Ackerley (“Margo […]
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Our social fabric being torn apart
No spectacular headline would suitably encompass the heroism of valiant Sydney-sider Jarrod Hawkins as he rescued four children from an incendiary deathtrap at his neighbor’s home on Sunday morning. (In […]
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A champion of the news
While regular letter writers are often regaled when falling off this mortal perch, (a rare instance when the pen was not mightier than the sword), it is certainly appropriate for […]
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Farnham lifts spirits
The challenges of the news cycle surely wear us all out as we struggle with a cacophony of bad stories and bad people appearing in the news. But every so […]
Read MoreTech that saves lives
While Hollywood actors Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Val Kilmer are just a few of the many stars to play Batman in movies, there was something far more convincing in […]
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Only one winner
Having watched much of the Bruce Lehrmann versus Channel 10 case in the public gallery of the Federal Court, I am compelled to note that observations made by the Telegraph’s […]
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