Thanks to a deal I’ve managed to score with the noted historical fiction author Bernard Cornwell, here are some extracts from the seventy-sixth book in his acclaimed series The Parliamentary Quest. In this book, young Nathaniel Sharphook, the National MP for Whangamamatara, continues his search for the person who killed his family. But first he…

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It’s that time again. It’s amazing how the year just races by. Already it’s time for the annual Illuminati conference. This year’s event is being held in Sydney, which means I won’t be posting much, if at all, for a few days. With all the secret rituals, drinking gallons of human blood and plotting your…

I’ve always said that the UK has the best newspapers in the world. For example, the Guardian has reported on some very important medical research. In 1995, the Ig Nobel Prize in literature was awarded to two surgeons who painstakingly assembled a study called Rectal Foreign Bodies: Case Reports and a Comprehensive Review of the…

United in despair, they stand together to mark the moment as the traffic light turns from green to red. For many who did not get out the other end of the intersection in time, it is a moment of terror that will stay with them for many minutes. They bear witness to the honking of…

In a speech to Parliament today the Prime Minister will announce the merger or restructuring of a number of government departments and ministries. A copy of Mr Key’s speech was leaked yesterday. Mr Key will announce that the Ministry of Economic Development is to be merged with the Department of Corrections. “The MED is a…

Forget all the nonsense you’ve read about why John Key chose November 26 as the election date. The real reason is much more cunning. November 26 is the 1432nd anniversary of the day Pelagius II became pope. Of all the popes who reigned between 579 and 590 AD, Pelagius is perhaps the most famous. In…