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So, come over and watch Netflix. We’ve all heard it, and all I can say I hope there’s more truth in the hidden meaning of that phrase than there is in any hope of actually watching the subscription service because, to be honest, there really isn’t that much that’s worth watching on the channel. Like…

So it’s that time of the year when one of our giant grocery supermarket chains is conducting something that they call ‘Earn and Learn’. I’m hardly the expert when it comes to grocery shopping – I’ll admit that – but there’s something that troubles me about this idea. Basically, as I understand it, parents of…

There has been a growing argument about the changing nature of citizenship in today’s western democracies. Of course, it would be foolish to try to categorise all the different ideas of citizenship into one idea – it would be more appropriate to talk about citizenships – but for the sake of this post, I’m going…

I love the central conceit of the Jurassic Park movies. Let’s face it – they are, after all, nothing more than an updated Frankenstein, with more teeth and blood to suit a more bloodthirsty (at least on the screen) audience. All the central elements are there: mankind, though the power of science and his own…

I follow a lot of educators on twitter, mainly because I think that it’s a great way to learn, to find resources, to stay up to date with theory and for lots of other reasons. Of course, you need to be able to sort the gold from the dross, but that’s probably true of every…

So, I’ve been kicking this idea around for a little while now, and in the absence of having anywhere better to post it, I’m going to put it here so I can refer to it later. I remember when I was young – and I hardly think that I was the only one who did…

At first thought, you could be forgiven for thinking that I’ve gone off the deep end if I’m going to attempt to make any meaningful comparison between the fall of Rome and the current state of Australian politics, and you’re probably right. After all, I’m no more than a passing watcher of Australian politics and…

The Eastern Suburbs might have been where I spent most of my time in Sydney, but I was always more interested in the city. ‘The City’ – it’s a pretty vague term, and for the longest time, I was convinced that really, it was just an extension of Randwick and Bondi Junction, but as I…

I read somewhere that, by the time you reach your 40s, you should have found your ‘tribe’. I’m not sure that tribe is the right word to use here, but basically we’re talking about a group of like-minded people. So, if you’re into Lego (and c’mon, really, who isn’t?) then you can and probably should…

  I’m a wanderer more than anything else. Every couple of years, I get itchy feet, and want to see different horizons, walk on different shores, talk to people I’ve never met before. I grow tired of the same skylines and vistas, the same roads and streets, the same parks and trees, and start planning…