Senior cricket writer Barney Ronay from The Guardian (UK) wrote a marvellous piece that probably was not seen in Australia about Tembo Bavuma in particular, and the game. “Moments of beauty, gold, ...

Set in 1973, two CIA operatives played by Malkovich and Rockwell are part of the political coup in Santiago, Chile before heading to Easter Island because of an agreement the two had made previously.

Citrus Bob Utber watched the slaughter in South Africa and, like the opinion-makers he quotes, he's not thrilled.

Defence – solid intercepting and rebounding, but do they have that depth in key-position backs? Midfield – lacked for the number of midfield options that Brisbane could mobilise of GF-day. Their ...

In this essay, written for the excellent Australian journal, Arena, Jack Hynes combines academic analysis with personal experience. He and his family have been involved in thee Lara FC for many years.

Samoa and Wales, both completely outclassed last week, open Round 2 of the women’s competition in Sydney tomorrow evening. Samoa showed a lot of character and not a little skill in their first-up loss ...

In ‘Stars now have flown up out of the east’ the seductive power lies with the verb. Here, flown is the engine of the idea and generates the narrative energy. It transforms the cosmic far beyond the ...

Alan John Clark took his last breath this morning, in the second half of his 89th year. Known through most of his life as ‘Porky’, Alan was of good west coast stock, born in 1938 in Queenstown to John ...

The Dunkeld Writers Festival 2026 was, again, a superb weekend. It’s on again next year so put Aug 27-29 in your diary. It’s a ripper.

The arrival of Port Adelaide superstar midfielder Zak Butters has felt like a fork in the road moment in order to change the narrative that the Dogs could never land a prized possession. In all ...

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I’ve reviewed the Big Dance in outback pubs, tropical wetlands, Altona taverns, Tassie sheds, alone on the Brunswick Street Oval, because people are a vital part of the story. People make gods, people ...