From 1990:
The First Column 8 (Untitled) - on why libraries hold large collections of magazines - 10.10.90
Rhododendrons - a city bedazzled with rhododendrons - 17.10.90
Fly Away - things change continually in air travel - 24.10.90
Reading Articles - some points on how to read one - 31.10.90
On with the dance! - celebrating local talent in a dance concert - 7.11.90
Apologies - a little man takes a lesson from a famous broadcaster - 14.11.90
Bits and pieces - how the Column got its title - 21.11.90
Things geographical - changing geographical names - 28.11.90
Sensitivity - when the rich call the poor 'dole bludgers' - 5.12.90
Hobbies - the problem with hobbies is they cost money - 12.12.90
From 1991:
Crime-watching - should people still approach criminals in the street and rebuke them? 23.1.91
User Pays - City Councils trying to make money out of amenities - 30.1.91
Road Sense - should pedestrians have indicators as well as vehicles? - 13.2.91
Confiscation - something curious in the Gulf War - 27.2.91
Chess - some thoughts about a game I'm not very good at - 20.2.91
Things Cultural - exploring museums and art gallleries - 6.3.91
Door to Door - collecting for the Salvation Army - 13.3.91
Recycling - back in the days before recycling collection began - 20.3.91
Easter - what Easter is supposed to be about - 26.3.91
Writers - missed out on being invited to the NZ Writers' Week - again - 10.4.91
Fishing - later expanded into 'My wife's wed to the wharf' - 17.4.91
Cycling - another take on the matter of recycling - 24.4.91
Tradition! - some comments on being too trad for your own good - 1.5.91
Car Ads - do car ads actually tell us anything? 8.5.91
Playing percussion - a pianist trying to be a percussionist - 15.5.91
Much music - music everywhere you go whether you want it or not - 22.5.91
A bit sinister - getting some balance in regard to left-handed people - 29.5.91
Music memories - 'Extraordinary how potent cheap music is' - 5.6.91
Evil - the influence of horror movies and books - 12.6.91
Phones - 'modern' ways to answer your phone call - 19.6.91
Transcendental Meditation - some notes on what's behind this movement - 26.6.91
A list-full - a survey of missing suffixes in the English language - 3.7.91
A night to remember - brass band members clowning it up at their annual dinner - 10.7.91
Aliens - the 20th century's ongoing interest in aliens and outer space - 17.7.91
Being had on - or having someone on, and those who don't appreciate it - 24.7.91
The Budget - an unsuccessful attempt to write about that year's Budget - 31.7.91
Libraries - looking back at one of my favourite childhood places - 7.8.91
Phraseology - how to start with one idea and finish with another - 14.8.91
Adaptability - pianists are the only musicians who have to cope with endless different instruments - 21.8.91
Incapacitated! - the average man deals with a cold - or not - 28.8.91
Crime - NZ crime continues to be on the increase, as does Godlessness - 4.9.91
Auctions - the freedom and fun of an auction, and the people you'll meet - 11.9.91
Obsession! - when computers were still young in the world - 25.9.91
Music Teachers - the dedication of music teachers with a real gift for teaching - 6.11.91
From 1992:
Cynicism - NZ's distress at the loss of the America's Cup, which we thought we'd keep forever - 13.5.92
From 1993:
Dinosaurs...are bores - a poem expressing how little I care for these possibly mythical creatures - written in 1993 [Also here]
Irritable - dealing with irritations, and becoming more irritated - 12.5.93
Honours List - once again not receiving a title - 23.6.93
Words - can we have too many words? - 30.6.93
After All - when Government preens itself - 7.7.93
Unjust Leadership - politicians who see the crowd and not the individual - 14.7.93
Banks and bouncers - riffing on the idea of banks and bars combining - 21.7.93
The woman goes fishing, and fishes! - dismisses the idea that women don't go fishing - 28.7.93
Vex and Trip - the curious focus on striptease, especially male striptease - 8.9.93
De-bearded - the sage of cutting off my beard (to spite my face) - Sept 93
From 1994:
Confession - what used to be a PC issue, is now a woke one - 11.2.94
Standing-In - suddenly becoming a star does happen in real life - 13.7.94
Unexpected Holiday - and the tedium of listening to the news over and over - 20.7.94
On Vicars - on vicars who don't believe in God - probably mid-August 94
From 1995:
Embarrassing? - a 'guest' column from one of my daughters - 10.5.95
Profane but PC - the PC world evolved into the Woke world - 17.5.95
Gallery - raving about the new Art Gallery - 24.5.95
Snow and So - weatherforecasting, one of my hobby horses 20.6.95
Generation X - a bit of alphabetical fun with the constantly-changing generations - 21.6.95
Pettifogging Fisticuffs - increasing violence on rugby fields - 26.10.94
Nobody Birds - dawn choruses...8.11.95
From 1996:
A Short Course in Maori - a slightly tongue-in-cheek look at using Maori language (te Reo) in everyday life
Date to come
The Taxman Cometh Monthly - who really writes Column 8?
Graphophobia - fears of all sorts
Cant is my wont - the problem of the apostrophe - date to come
The need for exercise - or not...date to come
The need for exercise - or not...date to come
Fourth Column - where do ideas come from? - date to come
[Artists and] Responsibility - Tolerance and Art, and where they lead
Questions - Discovering the joys and delights of Notes and Queries
Clothes - perhaps more stressful than going to the dentist
Clothes - perhaps more stressful than going to the dentist
Large Birds Mangled with Weapon - on the delights of crosswords and puzzles
Ickle-Uckle - playing with the English language
Inventive - useful and not-so-useful inventions
Remembering Nuns - and being remembered by my favourite one
Flabbergastation - amazement at some of the things we're supposed to believe
No comments:
Post a Comment