Qantas and Emirates: good idea or desperate flailing?
Qantas has just announced that it’s ending its long standing alliance with British Airways (and…
In favour of prohibition
The Prohibition Era is fascinating. It’s the stuff of drama and violence, of the literature of…
Top 5 TV series finales of all time
We know, we know, this list had been done to death. But in honour of Breaking Bad’s penultimate…
This week I’m eating: blood oranges
Oranges are so irritating to eat that I usually forget how good they are until I see them on a fruit…
Sagittarian Domain, Empty Space, Which Side Are You On
Listen: Sagittarian Domain by Oren Ambarchi
This is the second album of 2012 from Oren Ambarchi…
The Beaver method: poaching eggs
Scientists say* the main reason people leave their houses on Saturday morning is to go to a cafe and…
Ask the Trollacle: journalism
This week, your faithful Trollacle answers a most difficult conundrum for a very troubled…
Gaysia, Scott and Bailey, and JoMad I Heard You Like Books
Read: Gaysia
I’ve been hanging out for this, the second book by Benjamin Law. Dude can write.