A Theft: My Con Man | An incredible true story told by one of the greatest writers of our day.
author: Hanif Kureishi name: Kim average rating: 2.75 book published: 2014 rating: 2 read at: 2018/12/01 date added: 2018/12/01 shelves: review: Well written – but kind of pointlessI came to this book from listening to its charming and eloquent author at the...Kingdom of the Wicked Book Two: Order
author: Helen Dale name: Kim average rating: 3.75 book published: rating: 0 read at: 2018/11/20 date added: 2018/11/20 shelves:...Democracy and Its Crisis
author: A.C. Grayling name: Kim average rating: 3.79 book published: rating: 4 read at: 2017/09/01 date added: 2018/11/15 shelves: review: A C Grayling writes well, he is easy to follow, although at times a bit too academically “heavy”. He is logical and...Light and Shadow: Memoirs of a Spy’s Son
author: Mark Colvin name: Kim average rating: 4.18 book published: 2016 rating: 5 read at: 2018/09/06 date added: 2018/10/06 shelves: review: Even if you don’t know the name, you will remember the mellifluous soothing voice of the late Mark Colvin – ABC...Bell of the Desert
author: Alan Gold name: Kim average rating: 4.04 book published: 2012 rating: 5 read at: 2018/10/01 date added: 2018/10/05 shelves: review: If Winston Churchill and the other leaders of Western Europe had listened more closely to Gertrude Bell and T.E Lawrence during...Kingdom of the Wicked Book One: Rules
author: Helen Dale name: Kim average rating: 3.80 book published: 2017 rating: 4 read at: 2018/07/01 date added: 2018/10/05 shelves: review: I respect anyone that acknowledges their mistakes, apologises and moves on – Helen Dale (“nee” Helen...Kim
author: Rudyard Kipling name: Kim average rating: 4.17 book published: 1901 rating: 0 read at: 2018/10/04 date added: 2018/10/04 shelves:...
The Politics of Change
As trust in our political leaders continue to decline, writings and commentary decrying the malaise in which our democracy finds itself in is booming, including Facebook-, Murdoch- and ABC-bashing, lamenting populism, trashing Trump-ism and generally blaming all the other ‘ism’s’ except one’s own.
Condemning neoliberalism
Condemning neoliberalism as Richard Denniss does in his recent Quarterly Essay is all well and good, but to change how policy formulation is done in our broken democracy we need to look at the root causes and reform the system, not just change the labels.
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