20 Mar 2016 — Now in retirement, it's not difficult to put my life on hold for four days, which is what this huge festival demands.

27 Nov 2015 — As Captain Picard says, "Make it so". It's not as if we're boldly going places where no one has gone before.

20 Nov 2015 — This is as much a story of the creative process behind a new work as it about cleaning LP records.

31 Jul 2015 — On the subject of advertising, I've been thinking about clichés that may be unique to Australia.

4 Jun 2015 — If this degree of rapid change was imposed on SBS, the ABC or commercial broadcasters, there would be outrage. One could easily get the impression that our Communications Minister is deliberately…

21 May 2015 — Time to vent on an activity we are all too familiar with.

21 May 2015 — I can hear it before he even gets on the bus, and I'm sitting near the back!

21 May 2015 — A popular retailer offers us an easy gift solution by "grabbing" their plastic gift voucher and activating it online. Wow - I'll be in that! What a time saver! No queueing in busy shopping centres!

24 Aug 2014 — When I first joined Facebook, I knew what I wanted from the service. I was determined to keep careful control over how much personal information I fed into it.

4 Nov 2013 — L.A.'s Pat Grossi not only brought his band to Melbourne (drummer, keyboard player and guitar), but augmented it with a string quartet and 8-voice choir. Combined with his own soaring voice,…