Monthly Archives: September 2013

Just to be absolutely clear, we Pricks have nothing against wealthy late-middle-aged types hanging out in luxury hotels as they cruise comfortably into their emeritus years. Indeed we hope to be among their number one day, in a few decades … Continue reading →

In Bob Hughes’ Rome there’s a long and entertaining riff about the early and medieval Catholic Church’s obsession with relics: Saints’ heads, vials of blood, pieces of the “true” cross, and so on. It’s a good passage, breezy, erudite, and … Continue reading →

Some random thoughts on the Pricks’ first 24 hours in London… Whatever the depredations of 21st century air travel, hurtling from Australia to the other side of the planet in 24 hours is a modern miracle about which we should … Continue reading →

In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, it is suggested that the number 42 is the answer to life, the universe, and everything. In a similar vein the Prick posits that at some point in the future, the answer to every … Continue reading →

The “great man” theory of history may have gone the way of slide rules and corporal punishment in the nation’s classrooms but that does not mean it is entirely without merit. Individuals are often – usually – more important and … Continue reading →

We Pricks have been fans of Barossa great Torbreck for years, and used to go to their winemaker dinners back when Matt Kemp was still running the old Balzac in Randwick. But we have also been aware that there have … Continue reading →

Thomas Kelly’s death last year at the business end of a bogan’s fist was a tragedy of epic proportions. And as too often happens with tragedies, the event was latched upon by opportunists of various stripes and held up as … Continue reading →

Having nearly suffered an unfortunate case of head-explosion trying to sort out his Senate preferences on the NSW ballot paper, the Prick has decided what politics is missing is not another crazy single-issue party, but a crazy multi-issue party. Ladies … Continue reading →

UPDATE: Apparently the New Windsor has a new name as well. The preferred nomenclature is The Windsor on Park, and contrary to the below, they even have a proper website. * * * Many years ago, when the Prick was just … Continue reading →

There are many reasons to buy April Bloomfield’s wonderful cookbook A Girl and Her Pig, and not all of them have to do with the fact that its original cover provoked a fatwa by militant vegetarians. Not only is the … Continue reading →