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After the rallies at a Grand Slam tournament finish, the reckoning and reflection begin. Who won and why? What were the highlights,...

If only history did not relentlessly seem to recycle events and moments! Only days after President Carter’s State funeral, we are...

If ever there was an example of humans rowing their metaphorical boats, “against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”, it...

Christians prepare for the celebration of Christmas during the season of Advent.  In an increasingly secular Australia, the faithless...

Before we know it the summer season of tennis will begin in Australia. Both Djokovic and Kyrgios, along with the World’s No.1 female...

Tonight on Australia’s national broadcasting network the programme, Nemesis, premiered. It is a documentary which will chronicle the...

Reluctant as I am to use contemporary expressions that may not be understood by all, may I begin by offering the following ‘spoiler...

The Australian Open has six days to run and the openings for Australian success have closed in the Men’s and Women’s draws. Yesterday’s ...

Isn’t it remarkable that, notwithstanding all that has come before, the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve generates a collective...

For my sins, but with constant delight, I have taught Australian students for over 30 years about the structures and processes of its...

As one year ends and another-secular or lunar- begins, it is customary to reflect on those who have departed in the previous twelve...

As a new year beckons, it is inevitable that individuals and societies consider what their destiny may be in the months ahead....

“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...