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Donald Bradman

John Bell’s 'On Shakespeare'

Bowing to the Bard

By Louis Nowra
Watching him rehearse was one of the most fascinating experiences I’ve had in the theatre. In 1980 John Bell was playing the protagonist in Cyrano de Bergerac and I was assistant director to Richard Wherrett. Where other actors will show you flashes of their character during rehearsals, Bell seemed to be thinking aloud about Cyrano rather than emotionally inhabiting him. Bit by bit he was a
The Serious Australian

Sir Donald Bradman at 100

By Gideon Haigh

Dropping the Ball

By Mungo MacCallum
About two and a half thousand years ago, the historian Herodotus records, the Persian tyrant Xerxes was rampaging through northern Greece at the head of the greatest army the world had seen. He had forced the pass at Thermopylae, and now had an apparently clear run of less than 200 kilometres to Athens; but Thermopylae had made him wary. The battle had been a long and bloody one, eventually won not just by superior force but through the

Donald Bradman & Boris Karloff

By Shane Maloney
In the northern summer of 1932, Donald and Jessie Bradman spent their honeymoon crossing North America on a cricket tour sponsored by the Australian Dried Fruit Board. The Don's fame preceded him, the New York Times lauding the batsman as "the ring-tailed wallaby of the cricket crease".It was a long and leisurely trip, and by the time the team reached Califo
Why we're still more English than American

British Rules

By Gideon Haigh
Everywhere is anywhere when you travel these days, whether it's invasions or gardening shows.

Feeling Frisky

By Robert Dessaix