Antipodes

Cate Blanchett is accustomed to playing the part of a monarch. She was the elf queen Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Recently,...

Before rushing to sit down for a meal such as last Saturday's annual lunch for the senior citizens of Choranche and Châtelus, I like to ...

The blog of Scott Adams (creator of Dilbert ) is a constant source of surprises. Recently, Adams evoked the nonsensical nature of the lyric...

Sunday's yield of truffles from my lawn amounted to 67 grams, but even this small quantity would cost a hundred euros or so if I purchas...

The WWF [ World Wildlife Foundation ] has demanded that the sale of red Mediterranean tuna be halted, so that fish colonies have time to ge...

I never set out intentionally to take control of the title of my blog: the term Antipodes . Consequently, I'm amused to discover that, w...

I was amazed and sickened to find a reputed journalist in The Australian coming out with a lengthy and laudatory obituary for Indonesia...

I hesitated for a moment before writing this article, because I don't wish to find myself obliged to use my vicious self-defense gadget ...

On this 26th day of the month of January, my parents were married. Armed with this date, smart readers will be able to calculate that the fo...

In the space of a few days, Australian media have displayed images of two local cowboys. Heath Ledger , co-star of The Secret of Brokeback M...

In my article of 4 December 2007 entitled Subliminal phallic stuff [ display ] , I described the curious TV publicity of a French bank name...

When I was a child in South Grafton, and my father was developing his initial beef-grazing activities at a nearby property named Deep Creek,...

When the citizens of a great republic elect their president, the future first lady is part of the packaged deal, at no extra cost... particu...

In 1962 [the year I arrived in Paris], I was greatly impressed by a weird and notorious Italian movie, Mondo cane [ dogs' world ], whic...

A draconian plan for climate action was presented today in Brussels by the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso . Basic...

An inspired TV journalist once asked the Dalai Lama : " Can your beliefs in reincarnation and your unbounded respect for all forms of l...

Imagine a skilled cabinetmaker who has always considered that the only way of installing good furniture in a new kitchen is to build each cu...

Over the last few weeks, the French media have been reminiscing a lot about Simone de Beauvoir , because she was born in Paris exactly a cen...

Normally, today, Benedict XV should have gone along to the Sapienza University of Rome as a guest of the rector. But he decided, two days ...

Australian vice-prime minister Julia Gillard is right. It's a pity (" bad for the nation's image ") that disturbing photo...