Welcome to GR Online, a series of short-form articles that take aim at the moving target of contemporary culture as it’s whisked along the guide rails of innovations in digital media, globalisation and late-stage capitalism.
Dreaming the place
ONCE UPON A time – and the story begins. Story is one of the most powerful tools in the...
The myths of Azaria, so many
A YOUNG TRIAL lawyer will soon come to understand that some stories are likely to be believed while others...
Strung with contour lines
‘I can’t believe that!’ said Alice.‘Can’t you?’ the Queen said in a pitying tone. ‘Try again: draw a...
Two tales of the sea – The mermaid story
LONG, LONG AGO, there was a time – a long time – when people believed they would find a...
Slow and steady
WHEN I GOT back to the Ministry the electricity was still down. Our open plan office was a cavernous...
Hairy tales
ONCE UPON A time in Wyoming, I watched a pack of wolves hunt and kill. I stopped the car...
Metafur
LONG AGO, WHEN the world was just as unfair as it is today, villagers gathered at nights and told...
The myth of Charlie McMahon
THERE’S A MAN and a musician who’s been behind the scenes and across this country for many a year....
Told in the bush
'THAT'S A GENUINELY rare book you have there,' said the second-hand book dealer. 'I've never seen it before.''It came...
How the Westies won
ONE BY ONE, the names flash up on the big screen, and one by one, the swaying, dancing ocean...
Time to trade in
ON THE FRIDAY afternoon before a Sunday appearance on the ABC's Insiders couch, Barrie Cassidy emails the three panel...
Collins St, 3 pm
IT'S 3 PM-ISH, mid-February, I'm at the corner of Collins and Swanston streets in Melbourne, my hometown. I walk...
