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.
How four friends went into battle and got stroppy about poppies
Flowers are all about love, right? Not when it comes to competitive growing.
- Anson Cameron
Latest
Looksmaxxing has me in its grip. Now I know how George Clooney feels
I’ve come to moisturiser late in life, but I’m already turning heads.
- Anson Cameron
My best friends and I have history. Sometimes it’s better not knowing
Reinvention is easy with someone you have only just met.
- Anson Cameron
The caravan crowd is heading north. Go ahead, I’ll be waiting
Diesel hikes won’t stop the annual exodus, but vengeance will be mine come September.
- Anson Cameron
- Opinion
- Wildlife
A little bird told me a lot about my father. Let’s hope Mum never knows
A tiny bird’s ungainly end reminded me of my father, his shoddy binoculars, his devotion to a family of pardalotes and the havoc Spice the cat wreaked.
- Anson Cameron
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
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