Author Archives: chiefprick

Fairfax Media trades on the Australian Stock Exchange under the symbol FXJ, but it could be more properly be known by the initials FFS. The company’s share price is in a death spiral and its lack of capital means that … Continue reading →

So I’ve been a bit of a busy Prick lately, tied up on a number of fronts and working on a project which I can’t share the details of just yet, and posting has been subsequently light. In any case … Continue reading →

The Prick, 25 September: It should also be noted that the Koreans have an awesome cuisine which has been ignored for far too long by the fooderati: it’s bold, spicy stuff that grabs you and doesn’t let go. Nor is … Continue reading →

Forget what the song says (and for my money, Nina Simone always sang the best version): Do go to the Rising Sun. Just make sure it’s the beachside café in Palm Cove, not the brothel in New Orleans. We’re still … Continue reading →

The Prick commits double-plus ungoodthink, but has his faulty logic corrected by helpful tweeter @jot_au: UPDATE: @jot_au isn’t Julia Gillard’s only fan. The misogyny-fighting PM also has the convicted rapist community in her corner.

So it’s been a little while between posts, but holidays will do that to a Prick: First there’s the torpor of the time away that makes putting pen to paper unattractive (except in extremis), then there’s all the real-world work … Continue reading →

…but if there are, I can’t think of any.

Regular visitors to these parts know of this site’s ongoing interest in Sydney Morning Herald restaurant critic and man-about-town Terry “14-out-of-20” Durack, who lately has developed a bit of a knack for turning up wherever the Pricks have decided to … Continue reading →

At one particular school in Sweden, students were spoilt for choice come lunchtime. Can’t have that, can we? A talented head cook at a school in central Sweden has been told to stop baking fresh bread and to cut back … Continue reading →

It is popular to say that to survive the ongoing economic turmoil of the age, we all need to be more like the Chinese – by which it is generally meant that the supposedly sclerotic democracies of the West should … Continue reading →