
I Have an Arch Nemesis
Arch Nemeses. It’s a tale as old as time. Every great character has one. Sherlock has Moriarty, Wile E. Coyote has the Road Runner, and Jack Dawson has a plank of wood. For a time, I thought I was above…

Arch Nemeses. It’s a tale as old as time. Every great character has one. Sherlock has Moriarty, Wile E. Coyote has the Road Runner, and Jack Dawson has a plank of wood. For a time, I thought I was above…

The atmosphere at Melbourne Park was ecstatic. The crowd was still buzzing from the fierce semifinal match between Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev. Alcaraz, the World No. 1, and the current ‘King of Variety’, had been reduced to grimaces and…

Two hundred and seventy-five kilometres north-northeast of Townsville, Cyclone Koji is gathering itself. Like a tiger hunting its prey, the cyclone moves steadily south. Its winds howl fiercely, as the ocean beneath churns restlessly. The Queensland police are urging families…

Today I became Bear Grylls minus the 5-star hotel Bear Grylls is famous for his inspirational adventures, extreme survival skills and of course, when the cameras stop rolling, a 5-star hotel. So, like Grylls, was I about to brave the…

As the wise Jeremy Clarkson likes to say, today “I did a thing.” Well… hopefully I have by the time you’re reading this, because at the time of writing I’ve achieved absolutely nothing except giving myself a throbbing headache. In…