Stephen Romei
Stephen Romei started his career in journalism when drinking and smoking at your desk was mandatory. He misses those days but keeps busy editing The Australian Literary Review, a journal still quaintly printed on dead trees, while also blogging, Tweeting and doing anything else he can to remain relevant. Follow his blog at http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/alr
Articles by Stephen Romei
Journalists in lycra tights - say it isn’t so
Three new books about groundbreaking figures in Australian journalism - a proprietor, an editor and a reporter – provide some…... Read more
Sorry, they’re the rules: my new policy for poor service
Remember the Seinfeld episode where George is slugged $75 because he cancels an appointment with a physio within her arbitrarily…... Read more
A dig at the diggers - what’s wrong with Anzac Day
It worked for playwright Alan Seymour 50 years ago and it is working for historians Henry Reynolds and Marilyn Lake…... Read more
Revealed: our federal politicians’ favourite books
We all know the Prime Minister writes books but does he read them? We are left wondering because the author…... Read more
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Would you kill for a job?
Who would work in an abattoir? Most of us have done jobs we didn’t want to do because we needed…
Friday Dilemma: child cruelty or harmless fun?
Parenting. It’s the new oneupmanship. Ah, how quaint the days now seem when parents could raise…
Hipsters with hip replacements
Someone once told me that when people reach a certain age they begin dressing in the manner they did…
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From: Punch on: Open thread 09/02/2012
marley says:
I'm one of the older ones, so I've certainly seen a few changes in my time. When I started school I learned to write with a nib pen, dipped in an inkwell (no, I'm not kidding). My mother became a dab hand at getting inkstains out of my clothes. Flicking ink at one another in the classroom was an essential… [read more]From: I’d rather have a piece of toast than listen to crap lyrics
Erick says:
Led Zeppelin are responsible for my all-time favourite mixed metaphor: "There you sit, sit and stare, like a book on a shelf rusting." (Misty Mountain Hop) I laugh every time I hear it. Hmmm, I believe I've decided what to play on the way to work today. [read more]Gentle jabs to the ribs
No wuckin forries. These nuckin futs are tuckin fops
Well, puck me with a fitchfork. The F-word is apparently an acceptable part of Australian speech. That’s… Read more
