Conversations with Richard Fidler
I was pleased to be invited back to the ABC studios a few days ago to chat with Richard Fidler as...
USyd Fellowship Reading List
As a follow-up to my last post, one of the things I really wanted to do with my USyd fellowship...
Life as a University of Sydney Fellow
There is no occupation so sweet as scholarship; scholarship is the means of making known to us,...
Bundian Way Project
I recently participated in a two-day exhibition at the National Art School in Sydney. The...
Secret Tunnels
Earlier this year I was invited to write the foreword to Antony Clayton’s new book Secret...
More Immigration Horror Stories
Since publishing my piece yesterday at The Conversation about the Conservatives’ war on foreign...
Why I’m resisting the Conservatives’ war on foreign intellectuals in Britain
Academics doing battle with the Home Office. Photo via FotograFFF/www.shutterstock.com Earlier...
Labyrinth Review
In the new issue of the Times Literary Supplement (20th March 2015), I have reviewed Mark...
Audience with Will Self
For anyone in Southampton (or interested in coming down!) on the 1st May I will be hosting Will...
Experimental Geographies
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been putting together a 3rd year undergraduate course here at...
Croesor Rhosydd Slate Mine
I’ve always wanted to do the Croesor-Rhosydd Slate Mine through trip in Snowdonia....
The Hobbit House
The other day my good friend Darmon Richter stopped by Southampton to visit and told me he was...
Alice’s Derives in Devonshire
Triarchy Press has just published Phil Smith’s new book Alice’s Derives in...
Festival of Dangerous Ideas
Here is my talk at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas in the Sydney Opera House, August 2014. The...
2014 Events
My event schedule for 2014 is just about full – I’m listing upcoming events here for...
Walking the Doomway
“We don’t come fresh to even the most inaccessible of landscapes.” -Robert...
Cosmetic Homicide: The Death of Battersea Power Station
I stopped by Battersea Power Station this afternoon after Harriet Hawkins texted me to say the...
Mount London Launch
An invisible mountain is rising above the streets of the capital – and at over 1,800 metres, it is...
Trash Humpers: The Politics of Urban Exploration
“Young people everywhere have been allowed to choose between love and a garbage disposal unit....
Matthew Power (1974-2014)
I lost a good friend yesterday. Matthew Power was on assignment for Men’s Journal in Uganda...
