Following on from the situation mentioned here, the congregation now known as The Tron Church, Glasgow have left their place of worship and relocated to another venue. The outcome of the situation, though flowing from a different process than that experienced by Australian Presbyterians 35 years ago, does raise very similar feelings among many people …

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The suicide of a nurse who was one of the victims of a prank call to a London hospital by Sydney radio presenters has been covered in overwhelming depth in other places. Noting the difference between a guilt/justice based culture (the West) and a shame/honour based culture (the East, sub-continent and Africa), it seems that …

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The Melbourne Age is carrying the Fairfax press story about one young US citizen who was so disappointed with the result of the Presidential election she posted the following on Twitter: It deserves some sort of award for being so utterly incorrect. The message and the account on which it was posted have now been …

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