Richard Glover
Broadcaster and columnist
Richard Glover is a columnist.
Opinion
New Year
From Raygun to Rinehart: 25 predictions for 2025
Based on this year, we can expect a wild ride.
- by Richard Glover
Dear Santa: How about a door for my motel bathroom?
I’m a bit too big for Santa’s knee, but I hope St Nick can fulfil my wish list. After all, I’ve been good this year.
- by Richard Glover
Scrooge’s guide to Christmas: Great ideas for the gift-giving Grinch
Who needs luxury gifts when you can give the gift of a packet of matches? After all, nothing says “I care” like a can of Fabulon and a 100-pack of teabags.
- by Richard Glover
Opinion
Real life
Scammers kindly take note, I could teach you a thing or two
Poor grammar, bad spelling, random punctuation and unrealistic, un-Australian terminology: all of this can be fixed, for a price.
- by Richard Glover
The customer is always right? Not according to this restaurant owner
It seems that every profession has its own idea of what makes a good or bad customer.
- by Richard Glover
Unplugged from radio, I have big plans for retirement
This time next week, I’ll be a man of leisure. One who golfs, and reads the Odyssey.
- by Richard Glover
Opinion
Real life
From soaping to shaving, our biggest secrets stay in the bathroom
The bathroom is still a private space, maybe the only one. No one really knows what others do in there.
- by Richard Glover
For the sake of humanity, I’m turning off spellhceck
Even innovations meant to fix grammar make the world a little dumber.
- by Richard Glover
Forget the bank, what about the storage unit of mum and dad?
The long-forgotten hobbies of my offspring live on in cardboard boxes – teetering towers of them, stored in the garage, shed or attic.
- by Richard Glover
Opinion
Health
The profession where being a ‘total arrogant bastard’ might be a selling point
I’m trying to choose a surgeon but I don’t know where to start.
- by Richard Glover
Original URL: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/traveller/by/richard-glover-hve2q