Richard Glover

Richard Glover

Richard Glover is the author of 12 books, including the bestsellers 'In Bed with Jocasta', 'The Dag's Dictionary' and 'Desperate Husbands'. He has written a weekly column for the Herald for over 20 years and presents the Drive show on ABC Radio in Sydney. His most recent books are 'The Mud House', the story of four friends building a house in the bush with no power tools, and 'Why Men Are Necessary', a collection of his comic pieces from radio's 'Thank God It's Friday'. For more: www.richardglover.com.au

Losing the weight of history

Richard Glover dinkus, updated Feb 2012

Richard Glover Diet secrets of the ancients.

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Life after parliament: a new gig guide

Richard Glover Post-election career suggestions for redundant politicians.

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Bidets: where the 70s went wrong

Twister

Richard Glover Looking back, it's clear that our parents were all insane.

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Creative drinking

Single-origin, organic tea in fine bone china

Richard Glover The history of beverages is full of unintended consequences.

Heaven or hovel? Let's consult the stars

A shopper carries a bag

Richard Glover Why has Australian retailing collapsed? Why have people stopped buying things? My theory: it's all due to popularity of online forums, where people post reviews of products.

Word for whatever ales ya on our national day

Richard Glover dinkus, updated Feb 2012

Richard Glover Here, in the spirit of the Dag's Dictionary, is a dictionary of words you may need to use as you navigate your way through the Australia Day weekend.

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In the midnight hour, I cry snore, snore, snore

Richard Glover Could someone explain why my body grows an extra arm as soon as I try to go to sleep? When I approach the bed, I have only two arms, which hang tidily from my shoulders.

Try-hard resolutions lead to a major fall from grace

Richard Glover As the new year gets under way, it may be time to update your bucket list - listing all the things you hope to achieve before you kick the bucket.

Sydney in the era of luxury chicken

Richard Glover It's the time of the year when you might find yourself idly examining an ancient bookshelf, perhaps at your family home or at a relative's house up the coast.

Red-faced and sweaty - the new year starts here

Richard Glover Richard Glover on his New Year's resolutions: eat greens, drink less.

The Christmas commandments

Richard Glover And the Lord contemplated Christmas and he became sorely aggrieved, so he made new laws to get things back on track.

Stand and deliver

Silhouette of a person sitting on a chair.

Richard Glover Sitting down is so last month. You should be standing.

Richard Glover

It really is a dog's life

Richard Glover dinkus, updated Feb 2012

Richard Glover Humans don't like to ask for love. Not so the dog.

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Shed responsibility and the problems fix themselves

Tools

Richard Glover Is there anything more annoying than being lectured by your son on a topic about which you have long lectured him? Here's the Space Cadet last Sunday on the subject of our shed: ''The shed is a real...

As the First World turns

Richard Glover dinkus, updated Feb 2012

Richard Glover My First World heart grapples with happiness, despair and, yes, problems.

Pack your bags, the end is nigh

Richard Glover Signs that the world will, in fact, end 34 days from now.

My guilty good fortune

Judge Bourke said the offending was particularly serious because of the age of the victims.

Richard Glover The Sydneysider's burden: a nagging sense of guilt.

The worst good advice you can get

Richard Glover dinkus, updated Feb 2012

Richard Glover There's a lot of helpful advice out there - most of it you can safely ignore.

A plea for fashion freedom

Richard Glover Men's fashion is easy but only because it's so boring.

Consider this your canversation stopper

Richard Glover Is there anything ruder than surprise veganism?