While waiting for domestic travel to resume across our wide brown land, Brian Johnston looks to Dorothea Mackellar's "My Country" for inspiration.

At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for ...

Then, when it was screened on TV in 1987, a national furore erupted. "FOUR LETTER TV POEM FURY" thundered the front page of one British newspaper, condemning the "cascade of expletives".

Announcing the Eighth Annual Fighting Words Poetry Contest! How can poetry be an effective response to current events and the issues impacting our communities? How can journalism and poetry help us ...

Dorothea Mackellar’s poem from 1908, My Country, is famous in Australia despite its outmoded colonial assumptions. Many people are able to quote its lines about ragged mountain ranges ...

Instead, what we perceive as a dog being "mad" is often just their way of expressing discomfort or frustration in the moment. A stock image to show a 'mad' dog. A stock image to show a 'mad' dog.

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy has grossed more than $70 million worldwide, following its record-breaking opening weekend at the UK box office. It's a decent result given that the movie was ...

Particularly fascinating was a chapter titled “The Mad Hatter” about the eccentric Roger Crab, whose hermit-like existence, homespun sackcloth clothing and strange religious beliefs Hill ...

Children might opt for a timeless classic, such as the Mad Hatter from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland or the White Witch from The Chronicles of Narnia. Alternatively, they could pick a modern ...