The contrary responses from the Daily Telegraph’s letter writers on the decision-making of the Oatlands Golf Club highlights the complexities being grappled with and the sentimental value of a monument. […]
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 MoreMomentous idea sparked by tragedy
The Abdallah family’s quest to launch February 1, 2021, as “I-Forgive-Day (i4Give)” is momentous. It should go worldwide (Forgive not forget, 21/12). Forgiving a perceived error is magnificent therapy and […]
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 MoreSad deaths keep coming
Stories of the COVID-19 death of grandmother Jamilie Joseph and now the first Australian in his 20s leaves a trail of sadness across many families. (Treasured gran died all alone, […]
Read MoreVale Patrick Simon
The death of French Mayor Patrick Simon due to COVID-19 highlights the personal horror of this affliction, dying alone without friends. (Adieu to a true friend of Australia, 15/5). Doubtless, […]
Read MorePaying for using earphones on busy street
The tragic death of a brilliant economics tutor early on Wednesday morning is not the first mobile phone casualty on Sydney’s roads, but what can we do to make it […]
Read MoreSydney’s beauty is in the eye of beholder
James Morrow is far too harsh with his criticism of Sydney’s skyline. (“Brutal truth on city’s eyesores”, DT, 14/11). Posing the question on how such a beautiful harbour could possibly […]
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