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Brendan Foster

The Age

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Has the fizzle and pop gone out of the Western Derby?

Has the fizzle and pop gone out of the Western Derby?

“The hatred between Freo and the Eagles has been unremitting for almost 30 years, but lately, I’ve noticed that the fizz and sparkle have vanished...

27.03.2025 7

WA Today

Brendan Foster

Has the fizzle and pop gone out of the Western Derby?

Has the fizzle and pop gone out of the Western Derby?

“The hatred between Freo and the Eagles has been unremitting for almost 30 years, but lately, I’ve noticed that the fizz and sparkle have vanished...

27.03.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Brendan Foster

Has the fizzle and pop gone out of the Western Derby?

Has the fizzle and pop gone out of the Western Derby?

“The hatred between Freo and the Eagles has been unremitting for almost 30 years, but lately, I’ve noticed that the fizz and sparkle have vanished...

27.03.2025 7

The Age

Brendan Foster

Has the fizzle and pop gone out of the Western Derby?

Has the fizzle and pop gone out of the Western Derby?

“The hatred between Freo and the Eagles has been unremitting for almost 30 years, but lately, I’ve noticed that the fizz and sparkle have vanished...

27.03.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Brendan Foster

Psst, don’t tell anyone, but I’ve become a cat person

When our 15-year-old blue heeler died in May, I just assumed once the gut-wrenching grief lessoned, I would get another hound.

29.01.2025 7

WA Today

Brendan Foster

I kept getting sicker. But you won’t catch me reaching for a tin foil hat

I’ve had a few health scares since getting a COVID jab (and catching the virus). Are they related? Hard to say – but you won’t catch me...

14.01.2025 10

WA Today

Brendan Foster

We’ve all come to love Mitch Marsh, but has the Bison run out of time?

If Test all-rounder Mitch Marsh waltzed into a bar in Western Australia, it’s unlikely the cricketer affectionately known as “the Bison” would...

02.01.2025 7

WA Today

Brendan Foster

What’s my age again? (And how should I dress to suit it?)

“You need to start dressing your age; you look like a skater,” a co-worker jocularly told me as I let out a whiny chortle to disguise my unease. I...

30.12.2024 10

WA Today

Brendan Foster

The summer holidays are already here. I can’t wait for them to be over

When the digital notice board outside my son’s school flickered that December 5 was the last day of term for year 7s, I almost ploughed my car into...

03.12.2024 4

WA Today

Brendan Foster

From Beacy Bronx to Pilates studio central: Gentrification’s fine by me

The first indicator was the sudden appearance of a farmers’ market a few years ago. But when Pilates studios and small free libraries started...

24.11.2024 4

WA Today

Brendan Foster

With Perth-Vietnam direct flights, exciting new vistas are opening up

Despite Vietnam being one of the strongest emerging economies in South East Asia, I was gobsmacked to discover that it’s also one of its cheapest...

12.11.2024 2

WA Today

Brendan Foster

WFH is being replaced by a less welcome acronym. Perth, we must fight back

WFH: the humble acronym abruptly thrust into our everyday parlance when we were banished from our cubicles as COVID-19 took hold. At first, there...

10.10.2024 2

WA Today

Brendan Foster

Moody, magical – and quiet: Why summer isn’t the best time to visit Perth’s favourite holiday island

Given I’m one of the few West Australians who can’t swim, heading over to Rottnest Island in summer to frolic in one of its 63 glorious beaches...

16.09.2024 3

WA Today

Brendan Foster

The ultimate WA road trip should include these towns off the beaten track

When West Aussies head down south for a break, Walpole is often just one bakery stop too many for holiday-goers. We want to be able to crack the...

04.09.2024 2

WA Today

Brendan Foster

Nearing 60, counting my super, and thinking: Time for the dump truck?

Given my genealogy consists of peat and potatoes, I assumed natural selection would take its course before I turned 50, so I never got too tangled...

27.08.2024 3

WA Today

Brendan Foster