I have to apologise to the people who were becoming regular readers of this blog for my sudden absence, dating from about three weeks ago.
The reason is that I am presently writing a book, in collaboration with Malcolm Fraser, and the publisher (the formidable Louise Adler of Melbourne University Press) has made it clear to me that my deadline is just that, not a mere aspiration. I’m afraid this means that for the next few months, this blog will be more or less in recess.
I plan to return with renewed vigor in a couple of months. I may post a few things in the meantime, but I promise nothing. I hope you will all understand and forgive.

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That is what I thought had happened.
You are forgiven – it sounds like an interesting project.
I’d been hoping it was just that the RSS was broken or something.
Look forward to your return to action.
Cheers,
Tim – Mumbrella
Your fans in England eagerly await your full return to blogging. In the meantime, you are forgiven.
See you soon!
Good luck, similarly time line here as a reader of being indisposed, not writing a book with a VIP but setting up on a rural block. A growth experience.