The Wild Reed

Recently I shared an editorial from the Minneapolis Star Tribune which examined the growing economic disparity in the U.S. It reminds me...

Yesterday, I accompanied my sister-in-law Ros and her friend Jerry to the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital . Jerry had been asked by the hos...

Back in the US, the Labor Day holiday is about to take place. This particular holiday was originally established as part of the US governmen...

Images: Michael J. Bayly.

“We are not on earth to guard a museum, but to cultivate a flowering garden of life.” – Pope John XXIII As signs of spring burst for...

Yesterday, on the first day of spring in Australia, I swam in the sea. It was my first time in the water since early June. It was cold at f...

Here are a few more snaps from when my family was together in the last week of July. See also the Wild Reed posts: Gunnedah (Part I) Gunned...

Last week I visited the Southern Highlands of New South Wales and, in particular, the rural city of Goulburn – Australia’s oldest inland cit...

In the July/August issue of Adbusters , Paul Ormerod interviews a number of economists outside of the neoclassical school . One of thos...

I'm back in Wollongong visting my friend Garth, who today bought himself a new motor bike, a Honda CBR 600 RR. I went with him up to...

Okay, I’m a bit late, but August 7 marked the 9th anniversary of Woman of Repute , my website dedicated to the late, great British pop and s...

In a recent article on the World Socialist Web Site , Kate Randall writes that, "more than a week after the US and UK announcements tha...

Now here's something you won't see on American or Australian screens. It's a clever, insightful, funny, and poignant French com...

Flicking through the TV channels recently, I came across good ol' Play School – an educational show for children that’s been on Austra...

Images: Michael J. Bayly.

Earlier this month I finished reading John Coldstream’s biography of British actor and author Dirk Bogarde (1921-1999). I’ve also fina...