Recent Entries

• Even as the runs flow, Clarke's sceptics remain

  by Tom Sturrock January 24
  Runs alone are unlikely to persuade those who feel he lacks gravitas, writes Tom Sturrock. Australian captain Michael Clarke has been in imperious form against India, prompting his supporters within the establishment – former skippers, respected pundits – to insist the tide of public se...

• Tomic has already eclipsed Hewitt in popularity stakes

  by Tom Sturrock January 20
  The unloved former world No 1 didn’t exactly set a high benchmark, Tom Sturrock writes. During the past week, Australian tennis fans have had a good look at Bernard Tomic, their new standard-bearer in the men’s game and, although it’s still early days, it’s fair to say the...

• Complaint culture reinforces stereotype of whinging Poms

  by Tom Sturrock December 12, 2011
  Stop carping – being “offended” doesn’t entitle you to anything, writes Tom Sturrock. I have a joke – just one – that I tell at parties. What is Austrians’ favourite kind of music? Well, they actually love a little underground house. Get it? Like Josef Frit...

• Ladies, it’s crazy to get sand in your vaginas over BBC list

  by Tom Sturrock December 5, 2011
  Tom Sturrock asks, why politicise a meaningless award by demanding a quota system? The shortlist for the BBC’s Sports Personality Of The Year award, compiled by a male-dominated panel of sports editors, has been criticised for not including a single female. A parade of commentators and MPs,...

• Tell us, Sepp – is racism a problem in football or not?

  by Tom Sturrock November 18, 2011
  The Fifa boss should have his nose rubbed in his ridiculous double-talk, writes Tom Sturrock.   Quick, someone grab Sepp Blatter – the 1970s called and they want their village idiot back. The comments made this week by Fifa’s big cheese, to the effect that racism in football is no...

• Carbon tax lures the Aussie meta-bogan out of its lair

  by Tom Sturrock November 10, 2011
  Critics of the government’s green agenda revel in their shabby unsophistication, writes Tom Sturrock.   Australia may no longer be a country of flannel and mullets and cheap beer, but pronounced bogan traits – including a myopic lack of moral imagination and wilful anti-intellectu...

• Backlash against Occupy London vindicates protesters

  by Tom Sturrock November 4, 2011
  Critics reveal themselves as paid advocates of the privileged elite, writes Tom Sturrock.   The tent city in the shadows of St Paul’s Cathedral has flourished since appearing last month. But, over the past fortnight, vested interests have begun to deploy a one-two punch – obstru...