Vintage Ergas column: serial idiocy vs evidence, good institutions and Cervantes. A nice tribute, too, to Gary Banks::is.gd/QreUxe
A great civil servant steps down; humane, hard working, unafraid. Made a difference. Who could fill Gary Banks’ shoes?::goo.gl/Pivix
iPhone 5 16GB costs > $US 200 MORE in Aus than in USA for identical product shipped from China. Suck-you, Apple!
Recording Don Juan Canto 2 at MadCat studios today: shipwreck, cannibalism, a lonely Greek isle, lyrical lovemaking with a pirate’s daughter