The Exile With Attitude

The inflated reputation of V.S. Naipaul has obscured what it is about the exile from Trinidad that makes him such a great writer, writes Robert Dessaix. The World Is What It Is: The Authorised Biography of V. S. Naipaul By Patrick French Picador, $32.95

Hawks Get A Fright As Demons Fire Up

BEFORE the Demons broke through their banner, David Neitz held them in a tight huddle for more than a minute, delivering a message about attitude and putting their best foot forward without him at the helm.

Footy Show An Anz No Go

THE ANZ has withdrawn advertising from The Footy Show in an apparent protest against its attitude towards women.

So Much More To Kate The Great

Leave your hat, sword and attitude at the door. Eat well and don't be a bore. Break the rules and face a fate worse than death: enforced reading of a slab of poetry by a Russian windbag. They were among the 10 commandments of Catherine the Great, a woman who clearly made and lived by her own rules. But what is the Russian empress best remembered for today? Her enlightened views? Her patronage of the arts? Her transformation of Russia into a major power? Perhaps not. How about her, erm, great ...

Editorial Junta Inaction Exacerbates Human Tragedy

THE ambivalent attitude of Burma's ruling junta to the plight of its people will stand as one of the starkest examples of an evil perpetrated by a government.

Nine Deaf To Afl's Most Powerful Women Over Footy Show Sex Code

CHANNEL Nine has ignored a call from some of the AFL's most influential women for the cast of the The Footy Show to be counselled on their attitude to women by an expert from the Federal Anti-Discrimination Commission.