The First Casualty of Podcasts is the Truth – A Little Bit About Robert Silkman, the Crown’s Number 2 Star Witness in The Teachers Pet Trial

Chris Dawson, aged 73, is on trial for his life. He is alleged to have killed his wife Lyn more than 40 years ago. If convicted Dawson will die in jail. As most of Australia is aware, this prosecution has been spurred by journalist Hedley Thomas’s hugely popular podcast series The Teachers Pet, in which […]

I’m Not a Vet, Jockey, Steward, Pull-Up Merchant or Nobbler, But …… Have You Seen the First Race at Toowoomba Yesterday?

Race one at Toowoomba yesterday, a 3-year-old Maiden Plate run over the unusual distance of 870 metres,  was one of the strangest races I have seen for quite a while, a really, really queer one. There were four horses in the betting. The topweight Calculated Risk, trained by Craig Smith at Roma, was steady in […]

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