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
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
Door to Door - collecting for the Salvation Army - 13.3.91
Recycling - back in the days before recycling collection began - 20.3.91
Fishing - later expanded into 'My wife's wed to the wharf' - 17.4.91
Tradition! - some comments on being too trad for your own good - 1.5.91
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
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