The Godfather: Peter Corris on teaching
I never liked teaching and unlike the people mentioned in a previous column I was no good at it. As …
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The Godfather: Peter Corris on his Newtown pubs
I frequent four pubs in Newtown. There are different reasons for my visiting them and each has a different atmosphere. …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on painting
I’m not big on painting. I was notably quite without talent at it when at school. We had to submit …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on his best reads of the year
Again the NRB editors have invited me to nominate the best books I’ve read this year. As I explained in …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on memorable teachers
Many memoirs, perhaps especially by writers, acknowledge the roles played by teachers in the shaping of people’s careers. Sometimes the …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on book launches
An unusual book launch was held recently at Gleebooks, unusual in that three books were celebrated – novels by Michael …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on going to the gym
After a lapse of quite a few years I’ve joined a gym again. My first gym was in Wollongong about …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on getting the news
I used to get the news from a combination of reading the broadsheets, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Australian, …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on Peter Cook, historian and mate
Smells can powerfully evoke memories. I can’t smell night-blooming jasmine or pipe tobacco smoke without remembering places and people. Music …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on a day in the life …
We set off at midday to catch a 1.15 train north after lunch at Central Station. We’d arranged for a …
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