The Irreverent Sage
Ruminations from a drifter who found home
Life is full of ironies so don’t go rusty
Latest blogs
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Where goes my beautiful world?
From the revolutionary upheavals over a century ago until today, identity politics and the future. 5 minute read
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Of Child Soldiers and English Football
It is an unforgettable scenario – sitting with a warlord in a bar in an African jungle, surrounded by child soldiers, and sipping beer while we discuss who will win the FA cup. 15 minutes.
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Dying Days In Heaven – An Introduction
Introduction to the first three chapters of the Sisyphean novel. Intro 1 min. Each chapter 20 mins
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If Crocodiles could climb
When belief unravels and an odious truth is revealed, with a bit of comedy along the way. 15 minutes
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‘Perhaps just a little bit perverse’
It is your retirement party. You are embittered and angry as your career has been a lie; you had been blackmailed into acting as a spy for a decrepit dictatorship that lost the war. You want to escape back to the family farm. 20 minutes.
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A Surge of Dead Acid from the Base of the Brain
3. Wollongong in the early 80’s. Burning out from union work, loss of philosophical framework leads to mental breakdown, good bye Australia and hello world. 6 minutes.