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Raygun to Coach the Matildas? Latest Twist in Aussie Soccer!
The Matildas, Australia's beloved women's soccer team, experienced a disappointing flop at the Paris Olympics—a story we've seen time and...

Non Stamp Collecting
Aug 13, 20243 min read


Raygun: The Accidental Olympian
Raygun had never been good at anything. Not at school, not at work, and certainly not at the few hobbies she'd tried to pick up over the...

Non Stamp Collecting
Aug 11, 20245 min read


Vague, Incomplete and Badly Draw: AI or Artist?
The curious case of Hamish 'Hamish' Smythe, the absent artist who seemingly returned from the dead, highlights the dilemma of modern...

Non Stamp Collecting
Dec 10, 20235 min read


Shakespeare - Trigger Warning
Globe theatregoers have been issued a trigger warning over a 'sensitive' scene in the play, Henry VIII, following the death of Queen...

Non Stamp Collecting
Sep 16, 20222 min read


The Book of Mormon Toilet Break
The Book of Mormon stage show is rubbish, poorly written and badly performed. My favourite part of the night was when I took a quick dump...

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Sep 16, 20223 min read


Commas, Free Writing Advice,
First-time novelist, Jake McCloud, printed a book and sent it to twenty critics for feedback. The majority were not impressed. They said...

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May 1, 20224 min read


Chapter Length: Free Writing Advice
What is the correct chapter length for a novel? How many words should the perfect chapter contain? Read on if you are a new writer...

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Apr 30, 20223 min read


Will Smith: Speech Uglier than his Slap
Will Smith is a hero in his own mind; the protector of women, and an instrument of God and love. He said so after collecting his Oscar,...

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Mar 30, 20227 min read


Mr Snuffleupagus: a Tragic Life
Mr Snuffleupagus was a tragic figure of American entertainment in the late 60s and 70s. Despite achieving a small cult following, Snuffy...

Non Stamp Collecting
Oct 12, 20212 min read


Blank Canvas Sells for $83,000
Take the Money and Run is the aptly titled work by Jens Haaning. The Kunsten Museum commissioned the Danish artist to produce two...

Non Stamp Collecting
Oct 1, 20212 min read


The Mystery of the Most Magnificent Arrest
It's 1990 in Sydney, Australia. A petty criminal named Paul Charles Dozsa gets shoved into a police car. The confrontation, caught on...

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Jun 12, 20214 min read


Invisible Sculpture sells for $18,000
Absence is a theme that fails to fascinate the majority of art enthusiasts. Most artists, collectors and critics would prefer to shake...

Non Stamp Collecting
Jun 5, 20212 min read


Competitive Cheese Cutting through the Ages
Cheese Cutting was once a popular sport, but sadly, it no longer draws the raucous crowds for which it was once famed. Beginnings...

Non Stamp Collecting
May 11, 20214 min read


Music to Not-Collect By
Everywhere look I see unsung pioneers in the Non-Stamp Collecting movement; anonymous people, up to fifty per cent of whom are entirely...
pauljonesnsc
Nov 20, 20201 min read


Haruki Fukashima: one man, or many?
The self-evident aphorisms of Haruki Fukashima have failed to increase in popularity in recent years, which is part of his appeal, among...

Non Stamp Collecting
Nov 20, 20209 min read


Japanese Schoolgirl Teddy Bear Assassins
The Great Teddy Bear Scourge of the 1950s was a dark episode in post-Word-War-Two Japan. Unruly Teddies roamed the Japan in menacing...

Non Stamp Collecting
Oct 18, 20202 min read


"There will be No Miracle Today!"
In these troubling, modern-times, it's comforting to examine the words of wise Middle-Eastern chaps from two millennia past. The...
pauljonesnsc
Oct 17, 20201 min read


Free Willie
Willie Nelson performs Country Music hits against his will. This disgrace has been going on for well over half a century. It’s time to...

Non Stamp Collecting
Jun 26, 20201 min read


Hedonism and Horticulture in Victorian England: Audley Beesley
London's 18th century Floral and Horticultural Society was a hotbed of indecent behaviour, the details of which are best not mentioned....
pauljonesnsc
Jun 25, 20203 min read


The 'Free Sammy' Campaign
Fishermen caught Samuel George Davis Jr off the coast of Long Island after he became entangled in a net with swordfish and tuna. He was...

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Jun 25, 20201 min read
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