You Can’t Wish A Disease Away: The Trials And Denials Of Living With Long COVID
Alex Vickery-Howe discusses the persistent impact of COVID-19 and the much deeper, more disappointing impact…More
Author: Alex Vickery-Howe
Alex Vickery-Howe
Dr Alex Vickery-Howe is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright, social commentator, rambling podcaster and emerging novelist. His work spans political satire, environmental polemic, dark comedy and fantasy fiction. He holds a PhD from Flinders University, where he is a senior lecturer in creative writing.
Stop The Stupid: A Simple Punter’s Guide To Separating Weak Lies From Hard Truths
Alex Vickery-Howe may not be following his doctor’s orders, but he does have an invention…More
All The Good They Failed To Do: Trump Dreams Of A Military Parade, As ScoMo Shuffles Off Into The April Sunset
Watching former Prime Minister Scott Morrison slink away from parliament and return to his shire,…More
Now We Got Bad Blood: The Snowflakes of Trump Town Are Coming For Taylor Swift
Alex Vickery-Howe reminisces about his schoolyard days and criticises the adults who would rather spread…More
Saying The Quiet Part Out Loud: The Rise Of Nazism In The United States
Spoilers ahead as Alex Vickery-Howe reflects on the streaming series Hunters and its resonance in…More
New Year’s Is Cancelled: The Grinches Go After Ricky Gervais, John Cleese And The New Doctor
Alex Vickery-Howe reviews the Christmas controversies of 2023 and the partisan commentary surrounding them, before…More
Riddle Me This: Why Does Centrelink Get To Look Down On The People It’s Supposed To Serve?
Alex Vickery-Howe chronicles 21 years of failed government bureaucracy, or successful government tyranny. It’s 2002.…More
Monster Is As Monster Does: The Legacy And The Legal Woes Of Alan Jones
As the media storm builds around veteran shock jock Alan Jones, who is now facing…More
We’re All Living In Bubbles, Where Conversations Lack Class
As 2023 comes to an end, Alex Vickery-Howe contemplates the key ‘empathy deficit’ that underpins…More
Barry Humphries, Old-Timers And The New Puritanism
Inspired by Friday’s celebration of the life of Australian comic genius Barry Humphries at the…More