To celebrate Neil Young’s 76th birthday last week, enjoy three of Col Ritchie’s favourite songs by Neil.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Everything Slowing’ – Tommy Mallet
November 16, 2021 by Leave a Comment
The slowness of time in the bush Tommy Mallet reflects upon in his poem, ‘Everything Slowing’.
Almanac Football: This jumper puts the ‘red’ in the Roys!
November 15, 2021 by 4 Comments
It’s an old fashioned footy mystery! Ed Carmine wants to find out more about a curious piece of footy ‘art’ that has the Twitter world mostly stumped.
Almanac Poetry: Murray Cod
November 15, 2021 by 2 Comments
In this week’s poem, Kevin Densley looks at Australia’s most iconic indigenous fish, and one of the largest freshwater varieties in the world – the Murray Cod.
Almanac Books: Review – ‘football belongs: Eight Matches That Explain Australia’ – John Didulica
November 12, 2021 by 2 Comments
Roy Hay reviews John Didulica’s book, ‘football belongs: Eight Matches That Explain Australia’, a book that examines significant soccer moments pivotal to the code in Australia.
Almanac History: Don’t mention the war – teaching history through sport.
November 12, 2021 by 2 Comments
Roy Hay is an eminent Australian sports historian and sports writer. He taught in various universities, for many years at Deakin. In this short essay Roy discusses the teaching of history through sport, with special attention to the experience of Indigenous Australians.
Almanac Sport and Politics – ‘I’ll cry for Gough: the Stan McCabe of politics’
November 11, 2021 by 9 Comments
November 11 is also the anniversary of another momentous event in Australia’s political history. We revisit an offering from Bernard Whimpress to mark the occasion.
Almanac Music – The Band: Rock of Ages (The Black Album)
November 11, 2021 by 5 Comments
In response to Col Ritchie’s championing of The Band’s ‘Brown Album’ on Tuesday, co-editor Ian Hauser counters with his favourite record by The Band, ‘Rock of Ages’ (the Black Album).
Almanac Life: Private Clement Reginald May
November 11, 2021 by 7 Comments
A beautiful and solemn reflection by Greg A on his grandmother’s brother Clem, who did not make it home from World War 2.
Almanac History and Poetry: Two Remembrance Day Offerings
November 11, 2021 by Leave a Comment
To commemorate a Remembrance Day theme, we revisit a couple of earlier contributions from Kevin Densley about Capt. Bert James and Capt. Albert Jacka VC.
Almanac Memoir: Unstylish cars – a certain satisfaction
November 9, 2021 by 6 Comments
Bernard Whimpress presents a whimsical reflection upon some of the unstylish cars he owned that got him from A to B over many years.
Aboriginal People and Australian Football in the Nineteenth Century: They Did Not Come from Nowhere by Roy Hay
November 9, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Roy Hay’s history of the involvement of aboriginal players in Australian Football is now available in a paperback edition. Read more about this book here. [Includes links to reviews – Ed]
Almanac Poetry: ‘Peanuts and Bread’ – Tommy Mallet
November 9, 2021 by Leave a Comment
The power of the wind in the bush can be awesome as Tommy Mallet’s poem ‘Peanuts and Bread’ shows.
Almanac Opinion: Jordan De Goey
November 8, 2021 by 3 Comments
Old Dog might not agree with all that Jordan De Goey stands for (he doesn’t know him to be fair…) but he’ll defend to the death his right to a fair trial.
Almanac Opinion: Old Dog on Liam Jones
Old Dog has thought about the Liam Jones situation and while he thinks the former Carlton player is selfish and idiotic, he also asks why?