With the Brownlow Medal a week away, Rodney Boyd pulls together a team of past winners who left their clubs after achieving Brownlow glory.
Almanac Poetry: Memento Mori
September 16, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Kevin Densley’s latest poem is a previously unpublished, blackly comic one about mortality.
Grand Final – AFL Footy Fixture 2024: Who, where, and when
September 15, 2024 by 2 Comments
Find out who, where, and when are playing in the 1st and 2nd Preliminary Finals AFL season 2024
Almanac Footy: WAFL Preliminary Final Preview – Swan River
September 14, 2024 by 7 Comments
Do or die for Peter Baulderstone’s Swan Districts in Sunday’s WAFL Preliminary Final against the AFL interlopers from Peel via Fremantle Dockers.
Almanac Music: Decades of Excellence and Joy
September 14, 2024 by 7 Comments
Ian Wilson reviews two great DVDs of two great bands – Midnight Oil and Talking Heads.
Almanac Book Review: ‘Top Gun: The Real Story’
September 14, 2024 by Leave a Comment
RagingBull (Callum Quirk) reviews Dan Pedersen’s book ‘Top Gun: The Real Story’, a book he believes to be one of the best real-life accounts he has read.
Almanac Sausage Roll Review: Ocean Street Bakehouse, Victor Harbor
September 13, 2024 by 18 Comments
While in Victor Harbor Mickey Randall seeks out the local sausage roll, and provides his tasting review of the said roll.
Finals Week 2 – Sal’s Preview, and tips for Flemington
September 13, 2024 by 1 Comment
Sal Ciardulli after his fabulous overseas trip has settled back in with his tips for the AFL Finals Week 2, and his tips for the races at Flemington. Sal also examines home ground advantage of AFL teams.
Almanac Book Launch – ‘Painting Martha’ by Andy Thurlow
September 12, 2024 by 2 Comments
Recently we reviewed Andy Thurlow’s first novel ‘Painting Martha’. Today Andy tells us about the background of both his novel and two of his earlier biographies which have been updated and will be re-launched in the Barossa on September 22.
NRL Round 27 – Rabbit in the Vineyard: Better things to do on a Friday night
September 12, 2024 by 3 Comments
Rabbit in the Vineyard had better places to be, better things to do, and better things to appreciate when South Sydney played their last game of the season last weekend. (I’d happily be elsewhere too if these wines were on offer – Ed.)
Almanac NRL Footy Tipping: The authority of Prop in the Canefield
September 12, 2024 by 3 Comments
And the winner of the 2024 Footy Almanac NRL Tipping Comp is…
NRL Finals – Week 1: You gotta love footy!
September 12, 2024 by 4 Comments
The Logies, the Oscars, the Dally Ms…now we have The Props, the inaugural rugby league awards courtesy of our regular columnist Prop in the Canefield. Check them out and, while you’re at it, find out his picks for Week 1 of the NRL finals.
NRL Finals Week 1 and NRLW Round 8: what’s the form this week?
September 12, 2024 by Leave a Comment
It’s finals time in the NRL! Which two teams will progress to the Preliminary Finals and which two will see their seasons end? There are also a couple of season-defining games in the NRLW. Ian Hauser offers his thoughts.
NFL Week 1: The Jameson Williams Cup
September 12, 2024 by 4 Comments
Earl is back with his first post of the NFL season. He’s into stride from the get-go!
Almanac Footy: September Songs
September 11, 2024 by 7 Comments
Trucker Slim is in raptures after the first week of footy finals. September specials indeed!
Almanac Travel: 2017 Just For Laffs Festival Montreal – Day 4
September 10, 2024 by 1 Comment
It’s Day 4 at the 2017 ‘Just For Laffs Festival’ in Montreal as Ian Wilson relives his fabulous time there.
Almanac Music: Dylan Covers – Kiwi Style: 2000-15
September 10, 2024 by 4 Comments
Karl Dubravs continues his excellent series of Bob Dylan songs covered by other artists, this time taking a second look at covers by New Zealand performers between 2000 – 2015.
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