Karl du Fresne

Catching up on the papers after a couple of hectic weeks, I finally got around to reading Joe Bennett’s latest column. I love Joe’s writing ...

I have just read Grant Smithies’ cover piece in Your Weekend about Pip Brown, the former Masterton girl (note that: Masterton girl) who is ...

(First published in the Nelson Mail and Manawatu Standard , September 16.) I was flicking through an old Listener last week when I stumbled...

(First published in the Curmudgeon column, The Dominion Post , September 2009.) I WAS startled to hear Michael Player introduced on Radio Ne...

There’s an interesting thesis to be written on why so many men of a certain age have a deep attachment to blues music. They’re mostly in the...

As the world awaits the supposedly inevitable collapse of the "dinosaur" newspaper industry, here’s something to ponder. If newspa...

(First published in the Nelson Mail and Manawatu Standard , September 2.) One day, someone may attempt to write a book explaining why Austra...