Research remnants – a few articles
With the research for the new Bradt Guide to Palestine done and dusted, there are a few articles which I came across doing background research that I found especially interesting, … Continue reading
Marrickville, smear campaigns, democracy
Further to my brief blog the other day on the attempts by the ALP to smear Green candidate Fiona Byrne in the Marrickville elections, there is some good coverage of … Continue reading
Bookshops, Palestine 'solidarity', Andrew Bolt in court
Being petty bourgeois liberals, husband and I went to a discussion about the future of bookshops at the Wheeler Centre this evening. It probably didn’t tell me much I didn’t … Continue reading
Marrickville, Palestine and gay rights
A friend mentioned to me yesterday that someone, probably the Australian Labor Party, has been trying to slur Marrickville Green candidate Fiona Byrne. Street posters have been appearing which claim … Continue reading
Gaza: Beneath the Bombs – Australia events
The Gaza: Beneath the Bombs event at Glee Books in Sydney is now up on their website and tickets are on sale. Details and online purchases here. I’ll also be … Continue reading
Quoted in… National Geographic China
I was chuffed at the end of last year to find that Voltaire.net had bothered to translate at least one of my articles into both French and Spanish. I’ve seen … Continue reading
Work for free!
Journalist job websites, Twitter and forums on social media like LinkedIn seem to be proliferating more than ever before with ‘opportunities’ to write articles. Without actually being paid for doing … Continue reading
All so true
Today I’m tired, ill, homesick, missing my cats and feeling incapable of doing anything more useful than sharing a Simon’s Cat film. Which is a work of genius.
Books for the child-free
I promised this ages ago. It’s a response to some of the comments and emails I got from child-free women who obviously felt alone and isolated, or who had simply … Continue reading
Women and the Egyptian Revolution
This evening’s bit of leftie tourism took me to the Resistance Centre on Swanston Street, one of the network of bookshop/infocentre/meeting venues, associated with Socialist Alliance, to be found around … Continue reading
Sarah Irving 
My First Troll
This actually happened a couple of weeks ago, but I’ve been a bit busy lately and have only just taken the time to look properly at my first real set … Continue reading →