Anson Cameron
Anson Cameron is a columnist for Spectrum in The Age and the author of several books, including Boyhoodlum and Neil Balme: A Tale of Two Men.
More of us are living alone – but it doesn’t necessarily mean we’re lonely
If I was inclined to, I could walk around the house nude, without even a sock to mar my eruption of atavism. But I’m not inclined to.
- Anson Cameron
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An upside of the ubiquity of mobile phones? Fewer public displays of anger
Public outbursts have, happily, become an archaic, almost obsolete, tool of social leverage.
- Anson Cameron
The spider was huge and leering. Her ‘dying’ husband would have to wait
Wifely devotion has its limits. So does our ability to digest onions.
- Anson Cameron
- Opinion
- Death
My father was dying. Why didn’t I speak up?
We prepare speeches for weddings, birthdays and funerals but are strangely silent as our loved ones slip away.
- Anson Cameron
- Opinion
- September 11 attacks
My frequently flying friend had a gripe. If only he’d seen the news
The woman from United Airlines was not as attentive as he would have liked. Later, he realised why.
- Anson Cameron
- Opinion
- Ageing
Being sick was bad enough, but did everyone else need to be so jolly?
Having the flu during summer festivities is like watching the world through death’s door.
- Anson Cameron
My anti-Cassandra acquaintance fills me with hope for the coming year
Every time I meet Paul on the beach, he warns me of a new coming travail that will doom the world. Happily, he is never right.
- Anson Cameron
- Opinion
- Nobel Prize
This peace prize was hard to accept, but I’m willing to be corrupted
FIFA boss Gianni Infantino has shown me the way.
- Anson Cameron
- Opinion
- Friendship
Out in the deep, I was tested. Turns out I’m not the hero I’d hoped for
The doom bell was ringing, and Joni was on her own.
- Anson Cameron
- Opinion
- Lorne
They’re paving paradise to put up a dunny block. They can’t say they weren’t warned
When silver-haired ladies threaten arson, it’s time for a bureaucratic rethink.
- Anson Cameron