From “Bodgie” to “Tradie”, from “Dunny to Ute”, here’s help for American viewers of Australia’s world beating TV show. read more
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Richard Glover: My family were early pioneers of lockdown life
When I was growing up, my family was already COVID-19 prepared. My parents had no friends and we never went anywhere. All the food was frozen, kept in a massive freezer in the garage. You could lock our family down for months and none of us would have been the wiser. read more
How Australia beat the gun lobby and passed gun control
Lynched in effigy, but no real harm done.” The words belong to Tim Fischer, Australia’s deputy prime minister in the mid-1990s — the moment when Australia radically changed its gun laws. He used the phrase yesterday when, in the wake of the Las Vegas massacre, I asked him about the political pain involved in taking on the gun lobby read more
Do you ever get over the death of a dog?
Do you ever get over the death of a dog? Right now it doesn't feel like it. Our dog Darcy was put down this week and the misery seems to fill every part of the house.
There's not a corner of the place that comes without a memory. In the bedroom, it's the memory of me reading the newspaper at the start of every day, holding the Herald with one hand as I stroked his head with the other, his outrage palpable when I tried to move my hand to turn the page. read more
Richard Glover: Why is the humble radio so resilient?
A reader has enjoyed one of my books. He's written to me about it. This is entirely good news and, considering the quality of the books, an astonishingly rare experience. Here's the problem: having enjoyed the book, he wants me to recommend another of my titles. read more