Breaking down the old boys’ club — Content note: discussion of sexual assault There are cracks in Australia’s political system. In the last few months, members of the Federal government have been the subject of several sexual assault allegations, which our Prime Minister has tried to brush off. Many people have asked, sensibly, why on earth it…

First book review for the year — The Rich Man’s House, Andrew McGahan, 2019: Allen and Unwin My first book review for this year is a novel, rather than a non-fiction book, as I am still in Christmas and summer holiday mode. …

December book review: Bronze Seeks Silver — Bronze Seeks Silver: Lessons from a creative career in marketing, Mat Zucker, 2020: Cidiot A book that combines memoir with an analysis of one’s resume? Let me double-click into that. The latter phrase is something I learnt when reading Mat Zucker’s book, Bronze Seeks Silver: Lessons from a creative career…

Reflection on the past nine months — Like many writers, I am an introvert. Spending lots of time at home, away from crowds, is not a problem for me. When the situation is forced upon you, however, it becomes a different matter. In March of this year, Australia started hearing increasing news of the terrible pandemic that…

When I was at university, one of my lecturers casually mentioned that Helvetica was his favourite font. The first thing I did when I got home that day was to change the font on my latest assignment from Times New Roman to Helvetica. After talking with some of my friends, I surmised that everyone else had done the same. Reading the first two chapters of Bronze Seeks Silver: Lessons from a creative career in marketing by Mat Zucker, reminded me of my need, twenty years ago, to impress the all-powerful art history professor. Zucker’s book is a memoir of his career in marketing, but of course, he didn’t start out as an advertising executive and he writes with wry wit about how he began his career. Spoiler: there is a discussion of fonts.