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Brisbane Times

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A painted leotard was all it took to expose the cowards in our town

A painted leotard was all it took to expose the cowards in our town

As the phantom of the Ghost Train, Mr Lamont became my boyhood hero.

23.10.2025 4

WA Today

Anson Cameron

A painted leotard was all it took to expose the cowards in our town

A painted leotard was all it took to expose the cowards in our town

As the phantom of the Ghost Train, Mr Lamont became my boyhood hero.

23.10.2025 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

A painted leotard was all it took to expose the cowards in our town

A painted leotard was all it took to expose the cowards in our town

As the phantom of the Ghost Train, Mr Lamont became my boyhood hero.

23.10.2025 4

The Age

Anson Cameron

A painted leotard was all it took to expose the cowards in our town

A painted leotard was all it took to expose the cowards in our town

As the phantom of the Ghost Train, Mr Lamont became my boyhood hero.

23.10.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

A fan sent me a mysterious bottle of oil. Will I look like Brad Pitt by Cup Day?

A letter from a reader contained one of the most touching and funniest sentences I’ve ever read – and a bottle of Wonder Oil.

10.10.2025 10

WA Today

Anson Cameron

A fan sent me a mysterious bottle of oil. Will I look like Brad Pitt by Cup Day?

A letter from a reader contained one of the most touching and funniest sentences I’ve ever read – and a bottle of Wonder Oil.

10.10.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

A fan sent me a mysterious bottle of oil. Will I look like Brad Pitt by Cup Day?

A letter from a reader contained one of the most touching and funniest sentences I’ve ever read – and a bottle of Wonder Oil.

10.10.2025 9

The Age

Anson Cameron

A fan sent me a mysterious bottle of oil. Will I look like Brad Pitt by Cup Day?

A letter from a reader contained one of the most touching and funniest sentences I’ve ever read – and a bottle of Wonder Oil.

10.10.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

Australia was their utopian dream. Who was I to shatter it?

I was proud of the country our porters had been told about. If only it was real.

24.09.2025 10

WA Today

Anson Cameron

Australia was their utopian dream. Who was I to shatter it?

I was proud of the country our porters had been told about. If only it was real.

24.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

Australia was their utopian dream. Who was I to shatter it?

I was proud of the country our porters had been told about. If only it was real.

24.09.2025 9

The Age

Anson Cameron

Australia was their utopian dream. Who was I to shatter it?

I was proud of the country our porters had been told about. If only it was real.

24.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

Popes and pop stars come and go, but this wordsmith was a one-off

Christopher Hitchens was unencumbered by the debilitating impulse to be polite or restrained.

12.09.2025 4

WA Today

Anson Cameron

Popes and pop stars come and go, but this wordsmith was a one-off

Christopher Hitchens was unencumbered by the debilitating impulse to be polite or restrained.

12.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

Popes and pop stars come and go, but this wordsmith was a one-off

Christopher Hitchens was unencumbered by the debilitating impulse to be polite or restrained.

12.09.2025 5

The Age

Anson Cameron

Popes and pop stars come and go, but this wordsmith was a one-off

Christopher Hitchens was unencumbered by the debilitating impulse to be polite or restrained.

12.09.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

Retirement: when trifling moments (and bodies) become momentous

Is retirement a pay-off for the years of grind, or a banal antechamber to the tomb?

27.08.2025 10

WA Today

Anson Cameron

Retirement: when trifling moments (and bodies) become momentous

Is retirement a pay-off for the years of grind, or a banal antechamber to the tomb?

27.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

Retirement: when trifling moments (and bodies) become momentous

Is retirement a pay-off for the years of grind, or a banal antechamber to the tomb?

27.08.2025 10

The Age

Anson Cameron

Retirement: when trifling moments (and bodies) become momentous

Is retirement a pay-off for the years of grind, or a banal antechamber to the tomb?

27.08.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

I’m no he-man, but I’m more useful than those muscly posers any day

I learnt the hard way that if you need a lift with something heavy, don’t go looking for a bodybuilder.

01.08.2025 6

WA Today

Anson Cameron

I’m no he-man, but I’m more useful than those muscly posers any day

I learnt the hard way that if you need a lift with something heavy, don’t go looking for a bodybuilder.

01.08.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

I’m no he-man, but I’m more useful than those muscly posers any day

I learnt the hard way that if you need a lift with something heavy, don’t go looking for a bodybuilder.

01.08.2025 4

The Age

Anson Cameron

I’m no he-man, but I’m more useful than those muscly posers any day

I learnt the hard way that if you need a lift with something heavy, don’t go looking for a bodybuilder.

01.08.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

Why do I lie awake at night? Because it kept my ancestors alive

Those who slept soundly in the past woke in bears’ bellies and have no descendants.

04.07.2025 5

WA Today

Anson Cameron

Why do I lie awake at night? Because it kept my ancestors alive

Those who slept soundly in the past woke in bears’ bellies and have no descendants.

04.07.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

Why do I lie awake at night? Because it kept my ancestors alive

Those who slept soundly in the past woke in bears’ bellies and have no descendants.

04.07.2025 3

The Age

Anson Cameron

Why do I lie awake at night? Because it kept my ancestors alive

Those who slept soundly in the past woke in bears’ bellies and have no descendants.

04.07.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

My wife says she doesn’t want a birthday present. Of course it’s a trap

Luckily, this panicky Romeo knows just what to buy.

19.06.2025 10

WA Today

Anson Cameron

My wife says she doesn’t want a birthday present. Of course it’s a trap

Luckily, this panicky Romeo knows just what to buy.

19.06.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

My wife says she doesn’t want a birthday present. Of course it’s a trap

Luckily, this panicky Romeo knows just what to buy.

19.06.2025 10

The Age

Anson Cameron

My wife says she doesn’t want a birthday present. Of course it’s a trap

Luckily, this panicky Romeo knows just what to buy.

19.06.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

Marriage is a test of many things, but memory might be the biggest

Keeping your own memory straight is hard enough.

09.05.2025 4

WA Today

Anson Cameron

Marriage is a test of many things, but memory might be the biggest

Keeping your own memory straight is hard enough.

09.05.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

Marriage is a test of many things, but memory might be the biggest

Keeping your own memory straight is hard enough.

09.05.2025 10

The Age

Anson Cameron

Marriage is a test of many things, but memory might be the biggest

Keeping your own memory straight is hard enough.

09.05.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

Call me cancelled, but our po-faced progressives need a good laugh

The war against wrong-think is as dangerous for the canceller as it is for the cancelled.

11.04.2025 6

WA Today

Anson Cameron

Call me cancelled, but our po-faced progressives need a good laugh

The war against wrong-think is as dangerous for the canceller as it is for the cancelled.

11.04.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

Call me cancelled, but our po-faced progressives need a good laugh

The war against wrong-think is as dangerous for the canceller as it is for the cancelled.

11.04.2025 8

The Age

Anson Cameron

Call me cancelled, but our po-faced progressives need a good laugh

The war against wrong-think is as dangerous for the canceller as it is for the cancelled.

11.04.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

TV was supposed to enhance our lives. Instead, we got MAFS

When my TV died, I replaced it - twice. What was I thinking?

13.03.2025 10

WA Today

Anson Cameron

TV was supposed to enhance our lives. Instead, we got MAFS

When my TV died, I replaced it - twice. What was I thinking?

13.03.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

TV was supposed to enhance our lives. Instead, we got MAFS

When my TV died, I replaced it - twice. What was I thinking?

13.03.2025 10

The Age

Anson Cameron

TV was supposed to enhance our lives. Instead, we got MAFS

When my TV died, I replaced it - twice. What was I thinking?

13.03.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

Punctuality is for sycophants and underdogs

Evelyn Waugh wrote: “Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.” But I say lateness is hubris.

18.02.2025 8

WA Today

Anson Cameron

Punctuality is for sycophants and underdogs

Evelyn Waugh wrote: “Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.” But I say lateness is hubris.

18.02.2025 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron

Punctuality is for sycophants and underdogs

Evelyn Waugh wrote: “Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.” But I say lateness is hubris.

18.02.2025 4

The Age

Anson Cameron

Punctuality is for sycophants and underdogs

Evelyn Waugh wrote: “Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.” But I say lateness is hubris.

18.02.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Anson Cameron

I was glad to help the ocean novice, but then I learnt her secret

Sal’s confidence picked up as quickly as her swimming speed. But there was a reason she left me in her wake.

10.01.2025 4

WA Today

Anson Cameron

I was glad to help the ocean novice, but then I learnt her secret

10.01.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Anson Cameron