December 4, 2022
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 4 December
To the thief: possession is nine-tenths of the law, but what about the victim. What are their rights?
THE annals of history are...
November 27, 2022
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 27 November
In 2022, few are inclined to believe King Charles III was ordained by God to rule over his peoples. The Divine Right...
November 20, 2022
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 20 November
From the grave I can hear my late mother, Beria, saying, “And about bloody time, too. What they did to us kids was criminal!” IN...
November 13, 2022
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 13 November
It is difficult to understand why a company providing you with a telephone line - albeit mobile - requires so much personal information. IN the...
November 6, 2022
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 6 November
It is sheer madness for a country which is bathed in such brilliant, endless sunshine, and vast, azure skies, to implement daylight saving. It...
October 30, 2022
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 30 October
Of the mass media triumvirate, radio is the most intimate, and, possibly, the most rewarding in terms of immediate audience reaction. THAT was before our...
October 23, 2022
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 23 October
Recently, I spent time exploring photographs on the website of Lost Melbourne. It was both fascinating and heartbreaking to see what has been lost...
October 16, 2022
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 16 October
Since when did it become de rigueur for a politician’s ‘no’ to carry more weight than a constituent’s ‘yes’?
OUR system of government...
October 9, 2022
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 9 October
The ratings results for the funeral of Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth speaks volumes about the state of Australian television, specifically the...
September 25, 2022
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 25 September
As a child, I was something a crack shot with a .22 rifle fitted with a telescopic lens. Now that I am...
September 11, 2022
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 11 September
It is not difficult to behave badly. It requires no effort, at all. The challenge lies in not behaving badly.
I RECALL someone...
September 4, 2022
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 4 September
Providing a definition for acting is impossible. It is too ephemeral; however, I do know the difference between acting and performing.
I RECALL...
August 28, 2022
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 28 August
The hypocrisy of the furore struck me like a thunder bolt. It left me rocking on my heels.
The revelations former Prime Minister,...
August 21, 2022
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 21 August
The public reaction to the death of musician Judith Durham reflects the place she occupied in the hearts of her many fans...
August 14, 2022
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 14 August
Anyone who came to visit my late mother, Beria, never left empty handed. Always, she gave them a bottle of her homemade...
August 7, 2022
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 7 August
Discrimination in any of its hateful embodiments is unacceptable, and should be denounced, unequivocally.
HOWEVER, we should not be without tolerance for the...
July 31, 2022
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 31 July
It takes the reaction of other people to remind you of your own intellectual and emotional freedom.
A SCHOOL report said of me,...
July 24, 2022
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 24 July
One photograph reminded me! Fifty-years ago, almost to the day, I was at the Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, stage directing the Melbourne Theatre...
July 17, 2022
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 17 July
The Australian Broadcasting Commission – as it was called in my youth and early career – is celebrating its 90th birthday. In...
July 12, 2022
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 10 July
A delicatessen stall owner at Prahran market commented, “If you buy it from the supermarket, and not from me, you’ll end-up with...
July 3, 2022
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 3 July
The announcement of a new Australian production of Agatha Christie’s play, The Mousetrap, stirred myriad memories of my time in repertory theatre,...
June 26, 2022
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 26 June
Unequivocally, recreational drugs are a curse of modern society; and while their proliferation is much greater now than in times past, it...
June 19, 2022
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 19 June
Given the new Albanese government has an Assistant Minister for the Republic, I watched with a special interest The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee...
June 12, 2022
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 12 June
A recent story about a renewed public interest in knitting patterns from times past set me to thinking about my childhood.
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