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Dame Edna is to sue Barry Humphries

Dame Edna is to sue Barry Humphries

Interviewing Barry Humphries on the 7.30 Report recently, Kerry O\'Brien revealed that Dame Edna is suing over the new book Barry Humphries has written on the life of this remarkable Australian woman..

  • Confidence is immensely important

    Bill Ellis, in a recent feature article of the Assist News Service titled \'Shattered confidence can be devastating\', states the obvious

  • The range of options has been curtailed

    The Australian railway system has experienced a plethora of changes in a variety of areas. Mark Tronson, who is author of 16 railway books, a Baptist Minister and the Footplate Padre, says these need careful analysis, with due regard for the welfare of the locomotive driver and his family.

  • Spirituality: No Magic Pill

    I caught myself the other day saying this: "This is taking absolutely forever!" And what was I referring to? The few seconds it was taking to open a new web page on my computer! Such a silly reaction tells us at least two things: just how impatient I am, and what an instant-everything culture we now live in.

  • Resisting the Green Merchants of Doom

    We have plenty of examples of green Chicken Little's insisting that the sky is falling. The trouble is, when we listen to them, heed their advice, and implement their policies, the solutions are usually much worse than the perceived problems. One classic example of this was the worldwide scare over DDT.

  • The new Brigitte 'ideal'

    The German women\'s magazine "Brigitte", which has a circulation of 3.2 million readers, has determined that from January \'professional models\' with their wafer-thin lines will no longer feature in the magazine. Instead, a host of Miss Ordinaries will take their place.

  • Any Brit will do, they all look alike

    How does anyone, in this instance, a young man of twenty-six, rebuild his life, having been pardoned after four years in prison for something he did not do? This is the question posed by Andy-Keen Downs from the UK Christian Prison Ministry \'PACT\', after Michael Shields was pardoned and released from prison.

  • Trains driver's stories of The Southern Aurora

    It is exactly twenty years since Footplate Padre, Baptist minister Mark Tronson published the sixth of his sixteen railway books, "The Southern Aurora". In the forthcoming October edition of the \'On Track\' E Railways magazine, some of these anecdotes are being re-told.

  • What Sort of Gospel Are We Preaching?

    Today I was reading the very familiar parable of the sower which Jesus gave (Matthew 13:1-23 = Mark 4:1-20; Luke 8:5-15). Of course as many commentators point out, this is really a parable about the soil. It primarily deals with the different responses people give to Christ's teaching about the kingdom of heaven. It highlights the fact that the same message will be received differently by different people.

  • Notable Christians: Francis Schaeffer

    This pastor, apologist and writer had a profound impact on evangelicalism in the second half of the twentieth century, and his impact is still very much felt today. Although he has been dead now for a quarter of a century (he died in 1984), this great Christian continues to influence believers around the world.

  • Prayer is a Verb

    OK, yes I know: prayer is also a noun. But the point is, it is one of those terms that should involve us in actual doing, not just knowing. Indeed, it is somewhat strange to be writing about prayer, when in fact the real thing is to just do it.

  • Could this occur ?

    Could the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem be rebuilt where it once stood? Michael Ireland writing for Assist News Service reports that a recent survey shows two-thirds of Israelis would like to see the Temple rebuilt.