Rick MortonThe anxiety of writingWriting is quite hard. It’s not going-down- a-coal- mine hard but its terror is psychological. It is the only vocation of which I’m aware…May 11, 2018May 11, 2018
Rick MortonOn reporting homophobia, as a gay manI once walked out of a pub with a friend who joked: “I’m an eastern suburbs Jew, I think I know a bit about anxiety.” I couldn’t help…Jun 18, 20165Jun 18, 20165
Rick MortonWays to answer questions if you are a politicianI reject the premise of your question.Jun 16, 20161Jun 16, 20161
Rick MortonWhat would Jesus eat?There were few tent-pole events at the Catholic primary school I attended bigger or better than the one where we killed Jesus and few roles…Feb 16, 20162Feb 16, 20162
Rick MortonQuestions an anxious TV reporter might ask a criminal as he leaves courtWhy did you do it? How do you sleep at night? Do you have anything to say to your victims? Is suicide really the greatest philosophical…Jan 27, 2016Jan 27, 2016
Rick MortonMum’s 2015 in quotesI’ve collected my mum’s best quotes from the year because it seemed unfair not to share them.Dec 30, 2015Dec 30, 2015
Rick MortonIn the gardenShe’s giving me a tour of this garden I haven’t seen in months. The mandarins are small and lumpy, like orange socks filled with pebbles…Nov 1, 2015Nov 1, 2015
Rick MortonA thousand years and then someA civilisation grapples with a great question: marriage.Jul 2, 2015Jul 2, 2015