From Boy's Own Thriller To Farcical Comedy In Just 39 Steps

Steve Dow meets the British actor who found a calling as a playwright.

Book-market Debate The Same Old Story

Betraying the faithful is one of Labor's finest traditions. It goes way back through strikes and wars and refugee invasions, back to the first heroic Labor governments of the Commonwealth. It's how it is. The wind shifts and iconic policy goes overboard. White Australia went. Curtin brought in conscription. Whitlam poured cash into church schools.