Columns from Column 8

Giving Column 8 a new lease of life - an introductory post: 

From 1991:

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

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

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

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

From 1997
The Taxman Cometh Monthly - who really writes Column 8? 3.7.97

Date to come

Cant is my wont - the problem of the apostrophe - date to come

The need for exercise - or not...date to come

Fourth Column - where do ideas come from? - date to come
























No comments: