Christopher Bantick
Christopher Bantick is a Melbourne-based writer.
Opinion
City life
If Hill of Content bookshop dies, a piece of Melbourne dies with it
There is no other bookshop in Melbourne that has the same feel. Staff offer a sense that you belong. It is the kind of place that draws people to it.
- by Christopher Bantick
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Real life
I’ve tried asking people to stop swearing. It doesn’t go well
Should I have to listen to teenagers on a tram slagging off their teachers, or wannabe tough guys trying to outswear each other in restaurants?
- by Christopher Bantick
Opinion
Life in the ’burbs
This hushed Melbourne suburb is one of old money, but it’s distinctly unfashionable
With no schools, pubs or noise, little disturbs the expected peace of this inner-city suburb’s streets – at least until the Barmy Army is in town or Collingwood plays at the MCG.
- by Christopher Bantick
Opinion
Weather
Your giant umbrella is very stylish, but you need to stop being a brolly bully
We all share the same rain. There is no defence for the assertive behaviour of “mine is bigger than yours, so give way”.
- by Christopher Bantick
Opinion
Performing arts
They treat theatres like a lounge room: have audiences forgotten how to behave?
What is it with know-alls who commentate throughout plays, and concert attendees who bring their hacking cough to the show?
- by Christopher Bantick
Opinion
Sleep
Why I’m not losing sleep over my chronic insomnia
It’s been three decades since I began waking up in the middle of the night, but it’s not all doom, gloom and yawning.
- by Christopher Bantick
Opinion
Gender equality
Can you give a woman a compliment on her appearance? Not any more, it seems
Men are now too scared to give compliments to a woman lest their words be met with a withering rebuke. But if a woman gave a man a compliment, would there be a difference?
- by Christopher Bantick
Opinion
Gender
Tradie stallion? Men need deodorant, not an outdated trope of Aussie masculinity
Why do we persist with imagery of the outdoor bloke who is tough and physical?
- by Christopher Bantick
Opinion
Arts
Tutti-frutti gimmicks and the Instagram crowd: Why I’m breaking up with the NGV
Presenting French impressionist Pierre bonnard’s work on lurid wallpapers is cultural vandalism and visual assault, with the NGV converting itself to an institution of superficial entertainment.
- by Christopher Bantick
Opinion
Parenting
Why being an empty-nester is not my idea of fun
Yes, it brings greater freedom, a cleaner home and more time, but having all your children leave home does not necessarily mean new-found happiness. In fact, it’s overrated.
- by Christopher Bantick
Opinion
Baby Boomers
Sledging Boomers is a neat way of dismissing achievement
The view that Boomers somehow owe the state is frankly so misguided as to be deeply unsettling.
- by Christopher Bantick
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