“They are here because you were there. There is an umbilical connection.” – Stuart Hall, Black Chronicles. The following is a reluctant journal of my…
In 2016, a crocodile handbag was sold at auction for $300,108. The 30cm bag, branded as the Hermes Himalaya Niloticus Crocodile Diamond Birkin, was made…
Before we launch into this highly personal listacle, I’ve got to level with you. I’ve been living in Spain on and off for nigh on…
In Sydney suburbia, a friend and I stroll past a public rubbish bin. The three holes are clearly labelled for the thrower’s convenience: paper, recyclables…
Enormous clouds cling to the peaks of snow-capped mountains. Winking prickly pears and violet wildflowers greet us on either side of a path that looks…
It’s a Monday night and I’m standing in a bar bedecked with crushed crimson velvet, staring at a phallic mound of vibrating silicone. I’m in…
I cough and gag one final time, elbows leaning on the porcelain with my hands folded into the bowl. My eyes burn as the tears…
You know when you’re a kid and someone says to you, “I bet I can beat you to that tree!” so you break into a…
We might blame it on brainwashing from years of threats of the wooden spoon or slipper, but first and second generation Australians really need to…
Unless you’ve been living under a Facebook ban (don’t scoff, it’s a twice yearly occurrence for old confrontational Keith over here), you’d know that we…
Like prizing a half-full goonie from the embrace of a comatose friend, getting a hobo to part with their money can prove to be a…
My capsule hotel had bigger beds and cheaper rates than anything else in the area, but it didn’t have walls around its showers. So as…
