The news of Brunei’s sternly Islamic intentions coincides with strong new assertions that William Shakespeare was almost certainly a homosexual.
Michelangelo’s marble David is like a member of another species,Homo everlastingus,whereas perishable,waxen Francesco is endearingly one of us.
When I come to power,the arts will be so subsidised as to make fine music concerts inviting to battlers.
How has it happened that Canberra still does not have a single conspicuous building that makes one go “Wow!” with shock/delight?
What’s going on,when normally irreligious folk turn to prayer?
The famous claim by some imaginative Bonython residents that the drones drove all of the wildlife out is reminiscent of the best work of the Brothers Grimm.
Atheists of Australia! Lend me your ears. How should we react to the disgrace of George Pell?
So many of Vincent Van Gogh's subjects are people,places and objects we ignore,when of course,ogled with vision they are objects of wonder.
Ian Warden wonders what George Pell will find if he really goes to hell,as hecklers outside court forecast the cardinal will.
Do you sort of half-believe our dear planet is terribly menaced,while,somehow,feeling able to go on living your everyday lives as if everything is eternally tickety-boo?
Yes,I know that the Australian honours system is only a cousin of the British one but there are still some snobbery-tinged similarities.