Karl du Fresne

In more than 40 years of column writing (not continuously, but in every decade back to the 1960s), I’ve learned a couple of things. One is...

(First published in the Nelson Mail and Manawatu Standard , October 12.) I am in two minds, almost literally, about the Rugby World Cup, a...

(First published in the Curmudgeon column, The Dominion Post , October 11.) A COUPLE of years ago I was taken aback at the sight of a lunc...

(First published in the Nelson Mail and Manawatu Standard , September 28.) I am writing this column on a train. This is something I have n...

(First published in the Curmudgeon column, The Dominion Post , September 27.) I have been travelling with my wife for the past few weeks i...

(First published in the Nelson Mail and Manawatu Standard , September 14). The English language is one of the most precious gifts of our ...

(First published in the Curmudgeon column, The Dominion Post , September 13.) THERE ARE some things that just don’t belong together: Coke ...