Onwards, Upwards… until… Kaboom!
In T.S. Eliot’s The Hollow Men, the world is predicted to end with a whimper not a bang. Now, courtesy of Vladimir Putin, we can reassure the late Christian poet that we’re […] [...]
In T.S. Eliot’s The Hollow Men, the world is predicted to end with a whimper not a bang. Now, courtesy of Vladimir Putin, we can reassure the late Christian poet that we’re […] [...]
I have always liked the ballad, True, by Spandau Ballet. I was, therefore, perplexed when the St. Petersburg Times pop critic rated it the worst song of all time. Even […] [...]
THE KANGAROO JACK COLUMNALTERNATE WEDNESDAYS, IRC*Headline Image by Jonathan Rosen Age and youth are on my mind. This Saturday sees the running of the $5 million Golden Slipper over 1200m […] [...]
Vlad ‘the Impaler’ Putin holds an economic ace with his gas supply to Europe. He holds an even bigger ace over my finances. A fortnight ago I took a sizeable […] [...]
THE KANGAROO JACK COLUMN IRC, ALTERNATE WEDNESDAYS Lately I’ve been struggling to follow racing commentaries, which seem more garbled than usual. Listening to the commentary of the fifth at Randwick […] [...]
THE KANGAOROO JACK COLUMN All gambling advertisements in Oz are accompanied by taglines like, ‘Don’t chase your losses; gamble responsibly’. This legal failsafe is about as useful as telling an […] [...]