Author Archives: chiefprick

So with the Little Pricks sweeping the prizes at their primary school’s presentation day, it was time to celebrate. And by complete accident (we were stopped at the lights on Glebe Point Road and someone said, “Hey! That place looks … Continue reading →

The whole tragic farce of the 2DayFM radio prank seems a bit distant now, but I’ve got some thoughts on the matter in the new Spectator Australia. In short, as dumb as the prank and the pranksters were, we should … Continue reading →

Where are all the hip Sydneysiders eating these days? Why, according to the Sydney Morning Herald’s Brittany Ruppert, it’s George Street: For years George Street epitomised grungy downtown dining. Seedy bars lined the windy street and fast food restaurants more … Continue reading →

When was the last time you heard someone use the phrase “it’s a free country” un-ironically? Years, most likely. Because no matter where one turns in what was once called the “free world”, one runs into stories like this one, … Continue reading →

Breaking news in this morning’s Herald as reported by Melissa Davey under the not-at-all emotive headline, “High-risk drinking out of control in NSW”: A CULTURE of ”pre-loading” on alcohol before going to pubs and clubs is causing alcohol-related crime, violence, … Continue reading →

Regarding the whole 2DayFM prank-gone-wrong imbroglio, it is a bizarre world we live in where Julian Assange can be hailed as a hero for exposing military secrets and putting Western soldiers in danger but a couple of dim-bulb radio presenters … Continue reading →

Having recently read Jonathan Fenby’s really excellent biography of Charles De Gaulle, the Prick is now thoroughly convinced that the memory of Le Général not only stands at the heart of the French national character forms the foundation of our … Continue reading →

‘Tis the season … for evergreen articles about what Australia’s inner-suburban bourgeois bohemians will supposedly be eating over the coming twelve months. This year, Fairfax’s Good Food supplement is tipping 2013 as the year of Mexican and Asian food, “artisanal … Continue reading →

The Prick notes Instapundit’s recent link to a story about the ultimate cheapskate DIY sous-vide setup: a beer cooler/esky (or, as our New Zealand friends hilariously call them, “chilly bins”), plastic bags, and a thermometer. The idea being for a … Continue reading →

Never eat at chain restaurants. Avoid food courts. Give new restaurants a few weeks to settle in and find their feet before trying them, much less writing about them. Sensible rules the lot of them, and each and every one … Continue reading →