From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 2 May
I am creating a body of work for which, 30-years ago, I had neither the wit, nor the wisdom. Capacity comes with...
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 25 April
It is unforgiveable when the basic facts of a topic are incorrect; occasionally, the premise for the article is a total nonsense....
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 18 April
The unedifying spectacle of two women fighting in a supermarket aisle over lavatory paper, caused me to ruminate about the Australia we...
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 11 April
Always, Australia has bragged about its mateship ethos, which, it is claimed, was forged in the trenches of Gallipoli. Something has changed....
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 4 April
Let us not be silly! Of course the Prime Minister was not suggesting the women of Australia are lucky not to be fired-upon when...
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 28 March
The content of the domestic assault story was so confronting, so deeply disturbing, I had to go outside and sit in the...
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 21 March
Unsurprisingly, the Oprah Winfrey television interview with Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, has raised the question of an...
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 14 March
I am partial to a good anecdote, apocryphal, or not! To suit an audience, I have been known to claim the best...
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 7 March
Civilisation as we know it will not cease to exist if we do not have Facebook in our lives. Be assured: the...
From the desk of Roland Rocchiccioli – 28 February
The Bendigo Times is a new weekly, free newspaper, which, in these troubled times, is cause for great celebration. It requires an...