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“Where there is discord, may we bring harmony”. So said Margaret Thatcher, quoting St. Francis of Assisi, upon entering No. 10 Downing...

The question is, would the character played by the much loved and recently departed Sidney Poitier in his 1963 movie be more welcome to...

It just keep’s happening! A new year and the overlap of politics, world affairs and Grand Slam tennis continues. One of my holiday reads...

It says something about the potent ubiquity of Covid-19 that it continues for most to be the only topic in town as we begin the third...

Perhaps more than ever this year’s Australian Open confirmed how Grand Slam tennis is often an unwitting barometer of the political and...

In 1988 when the Australian Open was played for the first time at its new venue, then called Flinders Park, history was made when mid-way...

Tomorrow, competition at the Australian Open is set to commence. The gates will be open, but even after the first ball is struck there...

Tomorrow, January 26th, Australia and India have national days of celebration. For India it is their Republic Day, which commemorates...

Many a reader has wondered about my linking of the world of politics to Grand Slam tennis. Well, more often than not, there are many...

Impeachment trials; US-China Trade agreements; a booming and then faltering Australian stock market; so much to consider.

Last year, an engaging Australian film, Ladies in Black, was released. Set in Sydney in 1959 it is a ‘coming of age’ story of a young girl.

Last year’s Australian Open was a lavish, almost excessive, serving of history, drama and entertainment. The tennis was clearly worth coming

How wonderful it is to be proved wrong for all the right reasons! After last year’s US Open I made the “somewhat risky and provocative”...

I type as the field gathers for the Lightning Stakes at Flemington. A Group One race for the best equine sprinters in the land.