This week was Writers' Week in Adelaide, South Australia; one of the many festival activities happening in Mad March. The city is visited by many national and international authors and all the literary buffs come out to play. I joined in the celebrations by attending...

  We're living in a world where people who appreciate science and education are called "elitists". This means their advice -  based on research, experimentation, application and study - can be ignored. After all, everyone knows that "elitists", with all their...

The other night the Old Boy, the Son and Heir and I, went to see a play. We'd arranged special seating, due to me being in a wheelchair, but it wasn't suitable. We were moved to another section, where one lady sat in the wheelchair section, on an ordinary chair, all...