Like many people with a strong interest in World War II, my knowledge has always been firmly rooted in Europe. I could talk at length about the Eastern Front, D-Day, the Blitz, Dunkirk, and the fall of Berlin. I’d read countless books, watched endless documentaries, and even walked the beaches of Normandy trying and failing to make sense of the enormity of it all.
But, embarrassingly, I knew next to nothing about Australia’s role in the ...
Demonstrations broke out yesterday after part-time conspiracy theorist and general psychopath, Frank Nuthouse, announced he had been "violated, disrespected and cancelled" after being politely refused entry to a mosque yesterday whilst wearing a head-to-toe Union Jack suit and cradling a dented can of Special Brew.
Cultural Warrior
Frank, who describes himself as a “Cultural warrior for weal Britain,” was reportedly attempting to "do ...
I hear plenty of people tearing strips off the NHS. Yes, it has its flaws. It’s overstretched, underfunded, and sometimes feels like it runs on goodwill and duct tape—but here’s the truth. My recent experience was brilliant.
It all started in spring when I went deaf in my left ear. Like any self-respecting British man in denial of mortality, I panicked. Convinced it was a an electrical fault in my head or a brain spider, I booked an ...
An Unexpected Tearjerker
When Chloe Kelly smashed in her penalty on Sunday night, I felt that now-familiar surge of emotion. Bottom lip quivering, lump in the throat, the whole works. I don’t know why this keeps happening in my latter middle age. Maybe it’s hormones. Or maybe it’s the same reason I get choked up when someone fixes a dusty old jukebox on The Repair Shop or when the movie ‘Up’ comes on at Christmas. There’s ...
There are few things more depressing than watching a Simon Reeve documentary with the dawning realisation that your country has been run like a car boot sale by people who think “long-term strategy” means making it to Friday without a scandal. His recent journey through Norway was one of those eye-popping, blood-boiling spectacles that leaves you shouting at the telly, then Googling ‘Norway Wealth’ just to confirm he’s not lying.
A ...
