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I may be fighting a losing battle, but we should ban looking at phones in cinemas

I may be fighting a losing battle, but we should ban looking at phones in cinemas

I was in a sublime concert of choral music the other Sunday, cantatas written by the supreme master of sublime music, Johann Sebastian Bach. Subscribe...

19.10.2026 10

The Examiner

Steve Evans

I may be fighting a losing battle, but we should ban looking at phones in cinemas

I may be fighting a losing battle, but we should ban looking at phones in cinemas

I was in a sublime concert of choral music the other Sunday, cantatas written by the supreme master of sublime music, Johann Sebastian Bach. Subscribe...

19.10.2026 20

Canberra Times

Steve Evans

Stop saying 'this is not who we are' when the evidence proves it is

Stop saying 'this is not who we are' when the evidence proves it is

The independent MP Monique Ryan was very dismissive recently of One Nation and the Liberals' tough stance on immigration. Subscribe now for...

15.10.2026 10

The Examiner

Steve Evans

Stop saying 'this is not who we are' when the evidence proves it is

Stop saying 'this is not who we are' when the evidence proves it is

The independent MP Monique Ryan was very dismissive recently of One Nation and the Liberals' tough stance on immigration. Subscribe now for...

15.10.2026 20

Canberra Times

Steve Evans

Would you want to live forever? The tech bros do

Would you want to live forever? The tech bros do

There is an obscure opera about a woman who has eternal life (fellow opera nuts will recognise The Makropulos Case by Janacek). The plot involves...

14.10.2026 10

The Examiner

Steve Evans

Would you want to live forever? The tech bros do

Would you want to live forever? The tech bros do

There is an obscure opera about a woman who has eternal life (fellow opera nuts will recognise The Makropulos Case by Janacek). The plot involves...

14.10.2026 20

Canberra Times

Steve Evans

Why you and I matter in the struggle of truth over internet fakery

Why you and I matter in the struggle of truth over internet fakery

Let me be a little self-indulgent for a moment. At the end of the week, the paper I work for will celebrate its hundredth birthday so it's time...

13.10.2026 20

Canberra Times

Steve Evans

Why you and I matter in the struggle of truth over internet fakery

Why you and I matter in the struggle of truth over internet fakery

Let me be a little self-indulgent for a moment. At the end of the week, the paper I work for will celebrate its hundredth birthday so it's time...

13.10.2026 20

The Examiner

Steve Evans

Give me a shoulder-to-shoulder ride on a tram to sport or music any day

I have been going to sports events and big music concerts in stadiums around the world for, ahem, some decades - and what I know is that city centre...

11.10.2026 20

Canberra Times

Steve Evans

Are you still paying surcharges when you pay with a card? You shouldn't be

Surcharges on paying with a card are very annoying. I don't quite know why but I feel as though I'm being ripped off when I see those extra...

08.10.2026 20

The Examiner

Steve Evans

Are you still paying surcharges when you pay with a card? You shouldn't be

Surcharges on paying with a card are very annoying. I don't quite know why but I feel as though I'm being ripped off when I see those extra...

08.10.2026 30

Canberra Times

Steve Evans

Jeffrey Archer found that dishonesty didn't pay - eventually

May Jeffrey Archer rest in peace. His novels are not my cup of tea but they have their devotees. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup...

06.10.2026 40

The Examiner

Steve Evans

Jeffrey Archer found that dishonesty didn't pay - eventually

May Jeffrey Archer rest in peace. His novels are not my cup of tea but they have their devotees. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup...

06.10.2026 30

Canberra Times

Steve Evans

Maybe the politicians aren't so bad - it's just that the job's too hard

Is Anthony Albanese the worst prime minister in living memory? Certainly a few days ago someone called Steve Price thought so: "Albo is our worst...

06.10.2026 30

The Examiner

Steve Evans

Maybe the politicians aren't so bad - it's just that the job's too hard

Is Anthony Albanese the worst prime minister in living memory? Certainly a few days ago someone called Steve Price thought so: "Albo is our worst...

06.10.2026 80

Canberra Times

Steve Evans

Now see this: a gripping lesson in leadership and courage

In the Palace Electric this weekend, a film with a boring title about a dead, straightlaced politician who once led a distant country is playing. The...

03.10.2026 40

The Examiner

Steve Evans

Now see this: a gripping lesson in leadership and courage

In the Palace Electric this weekend, a film with a boring title about a dead, straightlaced politician who once led a distant country is playing. The...

03.10.2026 40

Canberra Times

Steve Evans

You can't really know someone by meeting them on a screen

There's a woman I see most days whom I don't really like. I've never said a word to her and she hasn't said a word to me but...

01.10.2026 30

The Examiner

Steve Evans

You can't really know someone by meeting them on a screen

There's a woman I see most days whom I don't really like. I've never said a word to her and she hasn't said a word to me but...

01.10.2026 40

Canberra Times

Steve Evans

We're all doomed - and we really may be this time

An amazing, literally jaw-dropping, story appeared yesterday: the artificial intelligence company Anthropic has warned investors that advanced AI...

30.09.2026 40

The Examiner

Steve Evans

We're all doomed - and we really may be this time

An amazing, literally jaw-dropping, story appeared yesterday: the artificial intelligence company Anthropic has warned investors that advanced AI...

30.09.2026 40

Canberra Times

Steve Evans

Death of great doggie-doo pioneer - but his work must continue

If you walk our streets and return home with clean shoes, you should spare a thought for Edward H. Lehner who has died at the age of 93. Subscribe now...

29.09.2026 40

The Examiner

Steve Evans

Death of great doggie-doo pioneer - but his work must continue

If you walk our streets and return home with clean shoes, you should spare a thought for Edward H. Lehner who has died at the age of 93. Subscribe now...

29.09.2026 40

Canberra Times

Steve Evans

Why office workers should wake up to the power nap

Workers need to put a new demand in for enterprise bargaining agreement negotiations: entitlement to a nap in the afternoon. Subscribe now for...

21.07.2026 50

The Examiner

Steve Evans

Why office workers should wake up to the power nap

Workers need to put a new demand in for enterprise bargaining agreement negotiations: entitlement to a nap in the afternoon. Subscribe now for...

21.07.2026 40

Canberra Times

Steve Evans

Can anyone explain the Australian addiction to swimming in sharky waters?

Those of us born outside Australia can't understand why native Australians go in the sea. In ten years, I've been in once - but never again....

15.07.2026 50

The Examiner

Steve Evans

Can anyone explain the Australian addiction to swimming in sharky waters?

Those of us born outside Australia can't understand why native Australians go in the sea. In ten years, I've been in once - but never again....

15.07.2026 40

Canberra Times

Steve Evans

My new friend turns out to be a robot and I don't like her

I had a chat with a charming woman the other day. I called a prominent consultancy in Canberra and a pleasant female voice answered. She sounded...

14.07.2026 50

The Examiner

Steve Evans

My new friend turns out to be a robot and I don't like her

I had a chat with a charming woman the other day. I called a prominent consultancy in Canberra and a pleasant female voice answered. She sounded...

14.07.2026 40

Canberra Times

Steve Evans

How Steve Jobs put Australians off sex

Something very odd happened after the introduction of the iPhone, the world's first smartphone. We stopped having so many babies. Subscribe now...

09.07.2026 60

The Examiner

Steve Evans

How Steve Jobs put Australians off sex

Something very odd happened after the introduction of the iPhone, the world's first smartphone. We stopped having so many babies. Subscribe now...

09.07.2026 40

Canberra Times

Steve Evans

Trump should get a red card and so should FIFA

Justice was done. The United States were bundled out of the World Cup despite a grubby intervention by the President of the United States. Mr Trump...

08.07.2026 50

The Examiner

Steve Evans

Trump should get a red card and so should FIFA

Justice was done. The United States were bundled out of the World Cup despite a grubby intervention by the President of the United States. Mr Trump...

08.07.2026 50

Canberra Times

Steve Evans

The Prime Minister should tell the lynch mobs to shag off

Let me say unapologetically that I would "shag" Kylie Minogue. As the Prime Minister has also perceived, they all seem to have a very...

06.07.2026 70

The Examiner

Steve Evans

The Prime Minister should tell the lynch mobs to shag off

Let me say unapologetically that I would "shag" Kylie Minogue. As the Prime Minister has also perceived, they all seem to have a very...

06.07.2026 60

Canberra Times

Steve Evans

If the law thinks those posters are illegal, then the law is 'a ass, a idiot'

If the law thinks that the posters seized from the Dissent club in Canberra are antisemitic, then - to paraphrase Dickens - the law is 'a ass, a...

20.02.2026 70

Canberra Times

Steve Evans

I'm sick of cyclists speeding past me so close they could kill me

30.01.2026 50

Canberra Times

Steve Evans

Bully Trump backs down and we should all rejoice

22.01.2026 50

The Examiner

Steve Evans

Bully Trump backs down and we should all rejoice

22.01.2026 50

Canberra Times

Steve Evans

The marvellous Canberra health service deserves our thanks

22.01.2026 60

Canberra Times

Steve Evans

Will 2026 be the year when the great AI revolution actually happens?

30.12.2025 60

The Examiner

Steve Evans

Will 2026 be the year when the great AI revolution actually happens?

30.12.2025 50

Canberra Times

Steve Evans

Don't knock the Christians. They do the Christmas heavy lifting

23.12.2025 60

The Examiner

Steve Evans

Don't knock the Christians. They do the Christmas heavy lifting

23.12.2025 50

Canberra Times

Steve Evans

The madness of sacking climate scientists

21.12.2025 70

The Examiner

Steve Evans

The madness of sacking climate scientists

21.12.2025 50

Canberra Times

Steve Evans

Have your children sent you a video with their Christmas present demands?

17.12.2025 40

The Examiner

Steve Evans

Have your children sent you a video with their Christmas present demands?

17.12.2025 40

Canberra Times

Steve Evans

Who's to blame for confusion about anti-Semitism?

16.12.2025 50

The Examiner

Steve Evans

Who's to blame for confusion about anti-Semitism?

16.12.2025 50

Canberra Times

Steve Evans