After the article, The Work of Disobedience, was published a reader commented on the futility of the exercise for people who are unemployed. The basic(more…)
Work and Meaning
On Master Chef Australia tonight (24 May 2017) a lawyer, an engineer and a doctor had to create a winning dessert to try and avoid elimination(more…)
Reviving a Dream of India
The paper that follows this is one I wrote a few years back and tried for months and months to have published by academic journals.(more…)
Latter-Day Danger Asians
I have never written and published in fiction so this piece in Peril Magazine is a first for me. I am grateful to Peril for(more…)
The Čezeta Scooter
Here’s a scooter to lust after (5000 W electric engine, 0-60 km/h in 35 seconds) … Czech pedigree, distinctive retro looks and all mod cons(more…)
Tips on Preparing a Book Proposal
Where do you start? It all depends on your point of departure, do you know which publisher you are sending the proposal to or is(more…)
Putting together an application for a (Postdoc) Fellowship in the Humanities
A couple of my friends (thanks Ange and Pey) have asked me recently how to put a fellowship application together and I thought after such(more…)
Pausing for Pua
A few weeks ago Tony Pua, MP for Petaling Jaya Utara, Malaysia visited Perth and gave a presentation titled, Malaysia in a Tragic Year. I’d(more…)
My little bit of something beautiful
There are days when you wake up your head filled with words, phrases and titles that you struggle to put down on paper before they(more…)
Dragons, Cricket and Bales of Hay
So over the weekend I made my regular loop round the neighbourhood in a bid to fend off the pain hours of sitting at a(more…)