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 […]
Damon Runyon was, to people like you and me, one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. As a journalist he covered everything – racing, sport, gambling crime, life, the lot – and he did it all with aplomb. Sport, the punt and horses aren’t modern day writer Matthew Condon’s thing, but crime is. […]
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 […]
