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London Day One: Long Night’s Journey into Day, and Dinner at Bar Boulud

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

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The Earl of (the Reuben) Sandwich

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

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Happy Birthday Mrs Prick at est., and is Justin Hemmes a Great Man or Are We All Hegelians Now?

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

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Torbreck Uncorked

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

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Oh Sure, Blame it on the Booze

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

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FAP With Us!

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

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A First Look at The Windsor on Park with Cameos by Thang Ngo, Kerry Packer, an Octopus, and a Candidate for Wentworth

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

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You Say Chowder, I Say Chowdah, that French Guy Over There Says “Chaudière”

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

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Rats in the Hats: Final Thoughts on the Good Food Guide Awards

It is the job of the publicist to create “buzz” and to that end there has been no greater advance since moveable type than the invention, if that is the word, of Twitter. Thus Monday evening, as the great and … Continue reading

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Bloggers Behaving Badly

Far be it from the Prick to play morality police or tell other people how to act in public much give advice on how to run blog. But surely even in this permissive age it is still considered outré to … Continue reading

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