Richard Glover: Lost in an anxious world without colours
My first car was a lime green Toyota Corolla, a car so brightly painted it would cause today's motorists to point and snigger. Back then it fitted in.
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Richard Glover
Richard Glover is the author of 12 books, including the prize-winning memoir “Flesh Wounds”. He presents “Drive” on 702 ABC Sydney and the comedy program “Thank God It’s Friday” on ABC local radio. For more: www.richardglover.com.au
Richard Glover: Rats drink more moderately than humans
It's a curious fact that Australia launched a beer and wine industry to encourage sobriety in the colony. Two centuries later, we are still waiting for the result with evidence that even rats drink more moderately than humans.
Richard Glover: A note for all those who grew up in Scrooge households
At this time of year, people share warm memories of Christmas, recalled from childhood. It's all quite confusing for those of us – we may be the majority – who don't quite know what everyone else is talking about.
Richard Glover: My decade without shampoo
It is now exactly a decade since I last washed my hair – and encouraged more than 500 Sydneysiders to follow my lead.
Here's your Christmas shopping list sorted
"She's just impossible to buy for." Or: "He's the sort of person who already has everything." These are the phrases one hears all the time in the seasonally-festooned shopping malls of Sydney. Clearly people are not thinking clearly. There are plenty of Christmas present ideas for the already-spoilt. Here are some thoughts.
Richard Glover: The overnight success of 'iteration'
Iteration, recalcitrant, deep-dive, stand-up, granular - why did these words suddenly become so popular?
Richard Glover: To love and be loved is a dog's great gift
The Odyssey, War and Peace...maybe all great works of literature include a dog.
Richard Glover: I'm turning into one of those men
He's a man who sees himself as an upholder of rational thought rather than a pompous prat, but Richard Glover sees red over tomato pricing at the local fruit barn.
Richard Glover: Grandparents, don't get too big for your boots
Today's grandparents think they were better at parenting than their offspring have proved to be. Forget potatoes growing out of your ears, is it time for a new batch of cautionary tales like the boy who played on his iPad so much that his fingers fell off?
Richard Glover: The packaging industry is waging a war against humanity
Almost all products are now impossible to open.
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