Starting with A.A.Milne and ending with La Marseillaise, David Wilson observes “one of those days” in old Fitzroy. [Fitzroy’s last home game for the season is on Saturday 20 August – Ed].
Sri Lanka v Australia – 3rd Test, Colombo, Day 3: Sri Lankan Dead Rubber Factory
August 15, 2016 by 17 Comments
Honours even after Day 3, but David Wilson reminds us that all is not as it seems in a dead rubber.
Almanac Olympics – Usain Bolt and the irresistible tide
August 15, 2016 by 7 Comments
Usain Bolt did it. Three from three.
Almanac Olympics – Respect: through the eyes of girls
August 9, 2016 by 5 Comments
David Wilson observes that placing sportswomen on a par with sportsmen can be powerful. The Olympic Games are to be celebrated for this.
Sri Lanka v Australia – 2nd Test, Galle: A full time batting assistant coach?
August 7, 2016 by 18 Comments
So the Australian cricket team is looking for a “full time batting assistant coach.” David Wilson’s satire has a tourist in Galle meeting an existing member of the Australian coaching staff…
Sri Lanka v Australia, 1st Test, Pallekele – Day 1: Frontier psychiatrist
July 26, 2016 by 16 Comments
A couple of onlookers take in Day 1 in Sri Lanka. Test cricket has rarely looked so flakey (in the contexts of the match; and of the wider future of the game).
Round 18 – Collingwood v North Melbourne: Stumbling block
July 26, 2016 by 6 Comments
David Wilson here casts Collingwood 2016 as a deluded amateur golfer, receiving a self-analysis leg-up from Paul Kelly and the Stormwater Boys.
Round 17 – Sydney v Hawthorn: Tomorrow Never Knows
July 15, 2016 by 15 Comments
When you notice a collaboration, acting at the very edges of their ambition and will, string together several acts of sublime skill, endeavour and artistry, you’ve got to applaud. A passage of Hawthorn footy as Revolver.
Round 16 – Greater Western Sydney v Collingwood: Magpie Jacks and the beanstalk
July 9, 2016 by 12 Comments
Perched in the Lomond Hotel’s “Juan Carlos Bar,” D Wilson sees the Jacks of Magpies climb the beanstalk of belief and daring to slay the Giants.
Eight reasons to start paying attention to AFL 2016
July 7, 2016 by 15 Comments
Wake up, Earth. It’s Round 16. Time to start paying attention to this Australian Football League.
Almanac Weekend Reading: ‘Hamilton,’ by Joe Posnanski
June 18, 2016 by Leave a Comment
“Have you ever been the parent of a 14 year old girl?” Wonderful writing of shared experience here from NBC sports writer Joe Posnanski.
In a hard year (Henry Lawson’s birthday)
June 17, 2016 by 3 Comments
On Henry Lawson’s birthday, David Wilson with an old-style poetic lament for the Collingwood, Fremantle and Brisbane hordes of 2016. Or for anyone who follows a struggling team.
Brutal Blues merely playing catch-up: Pedagogy of the oppressed
June 10, 2016 by 17 Comments
E.regnans responds to The Elbow’s piece, with the help of Brazilian educator Paolo Freire. B Bolton is merely doing what any enlightened teacher or parent of young ones would be doing in his place.
Almanac Book Recommendation – The Biggest Game in Town: An analysis of the AFL’s vilification policy
May 31, 2016 by 3 Comments
Last week saw the launch of an important book; a book of research into individual and cultural understandings and behaviours around vilification. Copies are NOW available.
Round 9 – Fremantle v Richmond: Is Freo tanking?
May 26, 2016 by 9 Comments
There’s a fishy smell on the docks.
Round 9 – Collingwood v Geelong: All the pretty magpies
May 24, 2016 by 10 Comments
David Wilson once again climbs aboard his imaginary horse called Harry Collier for a Cormac McCarthy -inspired ride. There is a trace of Texas in the air.
VAFA B Section Round 6 – Fitzroy v Old Brighton: The remains of the day
May 17, 2016 by 8 Comments
David Wilson channels Kazuo Ishiguro for a day on which people, in the form of players, volunteers and supporters all shine brightly through the lens of “club”.
Round 7 – Collingwood v Carlton: 5 stages of grief in a Smith St bar
May 10, 2016 by 18 Comments
Wearing t-shirts with wine stains, David Wilson’s characters take us through the 5 stages of Collingwood grief in a Smith St bar.
The idea of resilience
May 5, 2016 by 31 Comments
David Wilson went to a talk recently, that has changed the way he thinks. Mental health is the big kahuna.
No one knows nothing anymore (getting along)
A suburban GP clinic, Literacy week and E.regnans combine to produce a deft delicate touch of appropriate order.