Alexander McCall Smith on his love and addiction to bridgeBridge, that card game played by grandmothers everywhere, is a “quintessentially bourgeois game”, writes author and player Alexander McCall Smith. It’s intellectual, addictive and its players are fiercely devoted.
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Mayne: Toorak banter makes for a fun day on the hustings
Peter Costello worked hard on election day, personally touring all 37 booths in his Higgins electorate. We finally caught up at the Prahran RSL at about 5pm and had a couple of minutes of light-hearted banter, writes Stephen “2%” Mayne.
