50 years a journalist

By Warren Nunn Monday, 3 July 1972 was the day I started in journalism. Just a few weeks short of my 18th birthday I walked into the newsroom of the Rockhampton Morning Bulletin newspaper and took the first steps on what has been an interesting and challenging...

And the Oscar for violence begets violence goes to … Hollywood!

By Warren Nunn Violence begets violence. No surprise there. The 2022 Oscars event will be clearly remembered for a violent act of anger and revenge. When actor Will Smith slapped comedian/actor Chris Rock for a joke about Smith’s wife, Hollywood and pundits all...

It was me, said Paddy

A nip of rum too many – Bell’s New Weekly Messenger 04 April 1847: A BAREFACED THIEF.-An Irish lumper (docker), named Thomas Maguire, was brought up before the Liverpool police Magistrate on Saturday, under the following circumstances:- The prisoner, with...