ANZAC DAY - Some alternate thoughts

How much more of this ANZAC crap can we all stand? Commemorating a military disaster - referred to afterwards as "Churchill's folly" and causing said Churchill to be sacked from the War Cabinet - Gallipoli was an insane plan to invade Turkey. No-one quite knows why as it would have had no effect on the real war on the Western Front but the Brits used mainly colonial troops - Australians and New Zealanders - as they were thought to be expendable.

Those troops were not...

Terrible news comes from Sydney that my dear friend, and brilliant artist, Martin Sharp has passed away from the emphysema that has plagued him for many years. Thankfully I was able to visit him some months ago and spend three wonderful days in his delightful company, although I did fear at that time I would never see him again. I first got in touch with Mart to say how much I liked his article in the Bulletin about Tiny Tim, his later lifelong project. I was amazed when he ra...