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The words of this song are over half a decade old, but if you give them a little leeway, you can recognise many of our 2025 issues with those of 1975. The pace of change, traffic, parking, and the cost of living, as well as the failing ethics of the young. Back then, it…
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On the 13th September, the world was in awe as news began to circulate that after five failed attempts, the Soviet Union had landed a spacecraft on the surface of the moon. We were even more in awe, almost ten years later, when the United States Apollo 11 mission went literally one step further…
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Wheeled Prison is a podcast that was originally released ten years ago as a recognition of all the soldiers who return from war, any war, all wars – maimed in body or broken in spirit. We have moved on since then. The new ‘theatre‘ of war includes women and children, at work or school,…
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Being the Presenter of an evening Magazine-style news show is a glamorous job, and winning a Gold Logie Award is a glamorous affair. So when Carrie Bickmore turned up to claim her award in 2015 wearing a Beanie, it caused a sensation. Which is just what she wanted, because it gave focus to the…
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This story began in May 2022 and was captured on this website. It accounted for the day I met with my new neighbour, Julie Baker, who was just moving into the house directly opposite me. Everything was going well, with visits and coffee chats foretold for the future, right up to the time I…