Trevor Blainey comes up with another ‘Not Quite Bob’ cracker! This time, the music of Danny and Dusty. Do yourself a favour, it’s fab!
Almanac Book Launch: ‘Victor Richardson: A Great Australian All Round Sportsman’ – John Lysikatos
December 3, 2021 by 5 Comments
A fantastic new book ‘Victor Richardson: A great Australian All Round Sportsman’ by John Lysikatos is being launched on 15 December 2021, and you are invited to attend. Details enclosed.
Almanac Footy: AFLW 2022 fixtures for Rounds 1-9
December 2, 2021 by Leave a Comment
The AFL has released details of the first nine rounds of the AFLW competition.
Almanac Arts: Our shared humanity
December 2, 2021 by 2 Comments
Are ‘The Arts’ the forgotten factor in ‘Covidworld’? Brian the Ruminator, well known for his sporting proclivities, urges us to expand our horizons to appreciate the wider aspects of our culture.
Vale John Devaney: A hidden legend of footy
December 2, 2021 by 15 Comments
For almost 50 years, John Devaney chronicled the major and not so major Australian football leagues and the players involved in them. In a moving tribute, Gigs pays his respects to an unsung and largely unknown historian of the game.
‘The coach who lived close to the edge…’ by KB Hill
December 2, 2021 by 3 Comments
KB Hill caught up with his old coach, the larger than life Ken Boyd, to remember an incident-packed life both on and off the field.
The Ashes 2019 – First Test, Day 1: Celebrating Smith and a history-defining knock
December 2, 2021 by 2 Comments
With the First Test now a week away, we reprise Sean Mortell’s review of Steve Smith’s stunning, match-changing innings on Day 1 of the Edgbaston Test of the 2019 Ashes series.
Almanac Music (Review): Thank you Mr. Jackson
December 1, 2021 by 2 Comments
Peter Jackson’s documentary ‘Get Back’ is all the talk. We’ve been offered a number of reviews and this is the first of them – by Richard Griffiths. Do yourself a favour…excellent review of a brilliant doco.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Waking in the Blue’ – Maria Takolander
November 30, 2021 by 2 Comments
‘Waking in the Blue’by Maria Takolander is a powerful and personal account of a childhood experience. Maria is a fiction writer, poet, essayist, independent scholar, public artist, reviewer, and interviewer, and recently released a new poetry collection, ‘Trigger Warning’.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Pen Pals’ – Tommy Mallet
November 30, 2021 by 1 Comment
Correspondence between pen pals highlights the plight of a friend and the hardships she is dealing with in Tommy Mallet’s poem, ‘Pen Pals’.
Almanac Cricket: The Ashes, John Arlott, Fred Trueman, and innocent times
November 29, 2021 by 9 Comments
Col Ritchie reprises his piece from a few years ago reliving some fond cricket memories of ABC Radio, John Arlott, Fred Trueman, and his dad in more innocent times.
Event: NSW Australian Football Historical Society’s annual lunch with East Sydney’s Greg Harris and Ray Millington
November 29, 2021 by Leave a Comment
If you’re in Sydney next month and a fan of footy history then you may be interested in this lunch.
Almanac Cricket (Memories) Perth Test – Day 2: The Ashes contest is back on
November 29, 2021 by 17 Comments
In a glance back to The Ashes clashes of old, here’s Raj fresh from a clutch of kids’ birthday parties giving us the run down of Perth’s 2013 Ashes Test.
Almanac Poetry: A Little Night Music
November 29, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This Monday’s poem from Kevin Densley was inspired by a well-known Mozart composition and night-time in general.
Almanac Footy: The 2021 AFL Draft, Night Two
November 26, 2021 by 1 Comment
The 2021 AFL Draft has been completed and we think that Les Everett will be happy to see two of his nominations from the WAFL selected.
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