Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We are all formed as adults from our experiences as a child, but even more – consciously or unconsciously – from our deeper family experiences long, long before. For each of us the marker poles and the touchstones are different. One of mine is being a victim of child abuse – rape really, even though […]
Hawtrey last hit the headlines in 1984, when a rent boy set his house on fire. Newspaper photographs showed him naked except for a blanket without his toupee. Four years later he died as a result of peripheral vascular disease. https://laurenceraw.tripod.com/id481.html He was sacked from the Carry Ons in 1972 after turning up drunk for […]
A number of underworld figures and bikies are reportedly leaving Sydney because of the current gangland war and increasing police pressure. The shooting of Comanchero sergeant at arms Tarek Zahed and his brother Omar signalled to many it was time to leave town. “It is out of control,” said one senior underworld figure. “The people being hit […]
This is the prosecution case. Chris Dawson killed his wife Lyn sometime between 9.00pm on the evening of Friday 8 January 1982 and 12.00pm the next day. How he killed her and what he did with her body are unknown. Another person (unidentified) may or may not have been involved. Lyn was killed because: Dawson […]
The Crown is summing up it’s case in the Teacher’s Pet case – the trial of Chris Dawson for the alleged murder of his wife – and blow me down with a feather, the last little owl in the world here suddenly pops up out of nowhere, and tries to hoot his way into having […]
Boxing is the best writer’s sport in the world. If you can’t write well about boxing, you can’t write. Thomas Hauser The words in the picture are those of Thomas Hauser, one of the great American writers. It’s a shame that the creator of the Teacher’s Pet podcast Hedley Thomas didn’t read them. This case is […]
“Edwin Pope (whose writing graced the pages of the Miami Herald for decades) felt a responsibility when he sat down to write. “I held the gun,” Pope noted. “I didn’t want to fire it randomly. I always wanted to be fair, even to people who didn’t deserve it.” When I finish writing an article – […]
“Those little voices you hear in your head aren’t sources.” Thomas Hauser (Counsel for Chris Dawson): Do you agree, just having a look at that, voice 1 is you saying “this podcast series is brought to you by The Australian”? (Hedley Thomas): Yes. Then voice 2 is someone else? A TV reporter. Voice 3 is […]
We’re living in an age when responsible journalism is under siege. Too often, good writing and journalistic sensibilities take a back seat to lesser agendas. I’d like to offer some thoughts on what it takes to be a responsible journalist and good writer Thomas Hauser Now, the soft soil. Now what was that episode about, […]
