Drinking can lead to death – sooner or later
Robert Drewe examines the latest alarmist findings on alcohol consumption – and finds them somewhat misleading. Thank goodness. Shock! Drama! Panic! Modest drinkers around…
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Because I said so! Robert Drewe on ‘Mother’ sayings…
It seems as if we don’t tick off our children quite like we used to, surmises Robert Drewe after a visit to his local…
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Robert Drewe on why these days it’s a dog’s life
Robert Drewe says he’s a dog lover, but there’s limits. And they’re being stretched… In my day I’ve owned intelligent, obedient, affectionate and adventurous…
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Warning: Tamper with Vegemite at your peril, writes Robert Drewe
Like most Australians who have consumed Vegemite all their lives, Robert Drewe had never given the nation’s favourite shiny black yeast extract a conscious…
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Baby talk – but not from babies, writes Robert Drewe
Sometimes Australia’s obsession with shortening words goes just too far and that’s ‘defo’, writes Robert Drewe. The other day I heard a hospital administrator…
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Robert Drewe on why he’s never going to Burundi
Burundi may be the unhappiest place on earth, but it’s still got a nerve when it comes to scamming, writes Robert Drewe. Three times…
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Will the Queen send herself a 100-year telegram, ponders Robert Drewe
When Robert Drewe was a young reporter, centenarians were so thin on the ground that when someone turned 100 he was sent to interview…
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In reality, it’s virtually like banging your head against a brick wall
Robert Drewe ponders a world in which virtual reality is stranger than, well, reality. As someone who these days has trouble understanding actual reality,…
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Waiters – no ferreting, and that’s an order…
If it’s the weekend, the chances are you’re reading this column in a café or coffee shop, writes Robert Drewe, and it’s a bit…
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A Bob or Tim by any other name would be round or thin?
Robert Drewe on the vexed question of scientific research, the importance of names and why toast always lands butter-side down. Don’t you love complex…
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