At home in both places I STILL CALL Australia home. But I have another home in Italy. Virtual bilocation is my thing rather than... By Desmond O’Grady (1929–2021)
Small stories of the planet COULD IT BE true? Had we just made the first ever Halal Irish stew?The lamb's slaughterer could not have... By Sudip Sen
The gift of tongues LANGUAGE AND PLACE no longer define us as simply as they once did. We can slip and slide between... By Susan Varga
Two wives in Krakow and a house in Treptow IN 1989,WHILE on a visit to Poland, I was introduced to Piotr (Peter) Skrzynecki, the famous cabaret and artistic... By Peter Skrzynecki
The broom closet IT'S LIKE THIS. Your baby is howling just as loud as the never-ending stream of stinking road-trains, and Jemimah's... By JT Glazebrook
Sensual degrees of separation Q: Mum, how can you tell when politicians are lying?A: Their lips are moving, sweetheart.I MUST HAVE been a... By Jay Verney
Dozer HE'D DRIVEN DOZERS for thirty years. From bobcats to D10s. As a young bloke, he'd started in a warehouse... By John Kinsella
The possibility of water I DON'T EVEN really know where I first met Eli. She was just one of those people I saw... By Chris Womersley
Prodigal daughter AS I DRANK wine in my narrow South London garden with blaring reggae beats from three neighbourhood parties, I... By Marian Edmunds
To Paradise and beyond WITH A SWEEP of his arm, Dave Murray shows where the proposed dam would straddle the valley. Starting at... By Peter Meredith
A cry in the night IT WAS A cry of many voices. It sounded like anger, or lament. It was past eleven o'clock on... By Margaret Simons
Lost city of the Amazon In every book I ever read Of travels on the Equator A plague mysterious and dread Imperils the narrator... By Jorge Sotirios