Richard Glover

Sydney

Columnist at Sydney Morning Herald

Presenter @abcsydney. https://t.co/71HFLbAwyB + https://t.co/npqjXiu4Hf

Articles

Turns out breaking all the rules is my favourite part of being a grandparent

3 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Richard Glover

Broadcaster and columnist June 7, 2025 — 5.30am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. As a parent I was occasionally a naysayer. I’d veto ice-creams before breakfast. I had strong views about using crayons to draw rabbits on the living room wall. And I’d suggest that one game should be thoroughly packed away before another was opened. Now, though, I’m a grandparent. Standards have fallen. The naysayer has become the yea-sayer.
Is it just me, or is everyone rude now? (It’s not just me)

4 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Richard Glover

Broadcaster and columnist May 31, 2025 — 5.30am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The woman, seated a chair or two away at the Sydney Writers’ Festival, leaned over to me when the session had finished. She said: “Do you always fidget, or do you have a particular problem today?”What? I hadn’t been aware that I’d been fidgeting.
Writers, I’m on your side - now here’s my list of complaints

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Richard Glover

Writers, I’m on your side - now here’s my list of complaintsWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later. Broadcaster and columnist May 23, 2025 — 1.27pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Reading is my favourite hobby. What’s not to like about it? It can be done sitting down and can be combined with other hobbies such as drinking a beer or patting the dog.
I’m starting an urgent support group. It’s called Parents Against Unicorns

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Richard Glover

Broadcaster and columnist May 16, 2025 — 7.00pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. I’ve been collaborating on a new play, but things have not been going well due to tensions within the creative team. I’m working with a fellow called Pip, who happens to be my grandson, and he’s quite contemptuous about my ideas.
At 66, I’ve finally declared war on my wrinkles

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Richard Glover

Broadcaster and columnist May 10, 2025 — 5.30am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. At age 66, I’ve finally succumbed to face cream. I bought it at the chemist at the ridiculous price of $27.95 for a tiny jar. It’s imported from Switzerland and promises to “remove wrinkles”.
It’s time to face the truth: The internet has ruined everything

1 month ago | watoday.com.au | Richard Glover

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It’s time to face the truth: The internet has ruined everything

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Richard Glover

Broadcaster and columnist May 3, 2025 — 5.30am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The internet is so annoying, but no one is allowed to say so. If you do, you get called a Luddite or, worse, “an old-fashioned fool”. Even if you want to criticise some tiny detail of the internet, you must – as if by law – add the proviso “of course, it has brought so much to our lives.”But has it really?
Ten policies that would make me the perfect prime minister

2 months ago | smh.com.au | Richard Glover

Broadcaster and columnist April 26, 2025 — 5.30am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. There are so many policies from all sides, and yet nothing that makes the average person sit up and pay attention. So, vote for me! Here are the 10 changes I’ll make on day one. Ban all leaf blowers. There’ll be a buyback system, similar to the gun amnesty. “Too expensive,” I hear you say. “Not at all,” I reply.
Why is ‘weak’ still considered an insult for men?

2 months ago | watoday.com.au | Richard Glover

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Why is ‘weak’ still considered an insult for men?

2 months ago | smh.com.au | Richard Glover

Broadcaster and columnist April 18, 2025 — 5.30am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. I don’t particularly want to have a go at Peter Dutton, but why is “strong” considered the ultimate political compliment, particularly for a man, while “weak” is the ultimate insult? “Weak, woke and sending us broke,” was the Liberal’s favourite phrase this week when it came to the prime minister, and I suppose it has a certain rhythm.