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Tom Scott Drawn Out
By Mike Beckett
Recently Tom Scott announced that after seventy years of writing and drawing cartoons he was retiring from print journalism and the Dominion Post ran his final cartoon. With this retirement looming he had already written this memoir which is rightly described as ‘a seriously funny memoir’. For that is what it is, at times hilariously funny, however at others serious and heart breaking.
His introduction to journalism was with the Victoria University student newspaper in the 1970s. From there he was employed as a Listener political commentator and illustrator where he worked for over a decade before joining the Evening Post and later it’s successor The Dom Post. … Continue Reading
The editor of the Star has invited me to write regular columns for him. I am pleased to accept that offer.
Let me start by acknowledging the success of Councillors Pip Maynard, Kaye McAulay and Aidan Ellims. I extend my thanks, and sympathy, to Ed Martin and Jeena Matchet who were excellent candidates. Democracy can be tough. I hope you will both continue to take a strong interest in our local democracy. Congratulations to Mel Maynard, Angela Brown, Storm Robertson, Karen Krogh who have become our elected Community Board members. Thank you to the retiring Mayor Alex Beijen and Councillors Brian Jepson and Pam Colenso for your service to our community. … Continue Reading
HATS OFF!
By Maree Roy
You may think that chat about hats is a strange topic for my column, but headgear has featured in the news of late. For one thing, there was the tragic death of Tehran woman Mahsa Amini after being beaten for allegedly breaking hijab rules. On a happier note, the coronation of King Charles. Closer to home, there’s been the local body elections, with hats being thrown in the ring, and later, in the air.
The significance of the latter was a mystery. So to save head-scratching, I checked it out. It’s a tradition started in the US Naval Academy back in 1912; when sailors, after spending two years in training wearing their midshipmen hats almost constantly, celebrated by chucking them away. … Continue Reading
Martinborough golfers say it’s hard to believe that just over 12 months ago they were still in the old clubhouse _ “and now we have a spectacular new building.” “To get where we are today has meant a huge fundraising effort and amazing support from members: we couldn’t have done …
We start at the end of the month, when the annual Baabraa Trophy between Martinborough and Eketahuna was fought out on a glorious Sunday in Martinborough. A field of 70 played a stableford round and the average stableford points for the two clubs were calculated. Eketahuna scored an average …
September has been an up and down month weatherwise for golfers, some beautiful early spring days followed by cold and rain. Thankfully for the important days the weather has mostly come to the party. Early in the month the Cotter Rosebowl was successfully defended at Carterton by Martinborough’s team of …
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