With no small degree of alarm, I noted that I had failed to write on my blog since 2nd January. Having been told by social media experts that it’s vital to blog often (daily if you can) I’ve nurtured a nagging fear for a few weeks now that my brand will have suffered… my online…
Category: Writing
Business, Family, Golf, Hobby Horse, Political, Sharks, Writing
WA Shark Cull… who really wants it?
by Dominic O'Byrne •
This coming Saturday 4th January 2014, six and a half thousand campaigners are expected at a rally on Cottesloe Beach, West Australia to protest Premier Colin Barnett’s decision to instigate a shark-culling policy in the state. The decision has stoked clamorous protest among the public (embracing significant numbers of surfers, divers and swimmers), as well…
Business, Family, Hobby Horse, Political, Writing
Whatever became of Nelson Mandela?
by Dominic O'Byrne •
When history logs the death of Nelson Mandela for posterity, what date will be carved on his gravestone – and indeed on monuments across the free world? Whatever the numbers used, the truth will likely always be lost to official clumsiness, greed, self-interest, family petty politics, commercial interest, face-saving and obfuscation. Why? Because while even…
Business, Family, Hobby Horse, Political, Writing
North South Divide from Crack to Chasm
by Dominic O'Byrne •
When will tha think for tha sen, then? In The Times today we learn that 2/5 of northern voters would never consider voting for the Conservatives, that one in four voters in the North said they did not know anyone who supported or voted Conservative, that only 21 per cent thought the Tories understood their…