Roy Colbert

Am I growing old or am I growing stupid?

Sam Cooke, George Jones, Elton John and Tom Waits have all sung of the importance of Saturday night, but in my experience, Friday night has invariably been the one that delivers.

A deft repair almost succeeds

Most rational thinkers would agree that inside every useless home handyman is a skilled project manager trying to get out.

Rowan's pre-school, and what we found there

The first grandson, Rowan, started school last week in Chicago.

Gumboot man's bold tea quest

I have been a tea drinker for as long as I can remember.

Colourist in the kitchen

Colourist in the kitchen

Cooking is one of the most pleasurable things I do in the course of a day.

Well-qualified to help own a dog

Bandit the semi-spaniel gives the semblance of knowing the difference between a semitone and a...

Well-qualified to help own a dog

My friend has just bought a dog. Actually my friend and her sister have just bought two dogs, brothers. Their houses are almost Siamesed together, so these dogs will be brothers in alms forever.

Last day in the life of a dye-ing Dunedin institution

Penrose's store on the corner of George and St Andrew Sts - deemed "the most modern shop in the...

Last day in the life of a dye-ing Dunedin institution

Numerous things in my life have somehow managed to produce both pleasure and pain.

How to write a movie in only six years

Two snarling cliches about writers have been flung in my face over the past 40 years - anyone who writes about music wants to be in a band, and every writer has a screenplay in the drawer.

Table Tennis: Memories of characters across the table

Otago table tennis celebrates its 75th anniversary tonight. Dunedin writer Roy Colbert reflects on some of the characters to have made their mark on the sport.

Way back when I was a cricket cover boy

Roy Colbert takes a trip down memory lane.

Prospero or Pedro,Hamlet or Heathcliff- or just plain Jude?

Another grandson has arrived. The pesky thing at my age, fifty-something, is you just lose track.

A&E - the perfect place for pick-up lines

Most rational thinkers would agree that as an incubator for creativity, you can't go past A&E at Dunedin Hospital.

The short-sighted leading the blind

Roy Colbert discusses the difficult art of aging gracefully.

'Coronation Street' acquires superspeed

A marriage was a rare thing in Growing Up Coro; now marriages are decided on the pulling of a pint. Death? Murder? Incest? All the time.

Life lessons amid the mayhem on wheels

Competitors in the Festival Trolley Derby in Manor Pl on Sunday. Photo by Gerard O'Brien.

Life lessons amid the mayhem on wheels

Most rational thinkers would agree that, historically, the common soapbox trolley is a monstrously underrated thing.

Orientation not what it once was

University Orientation. Phew! Now there's a thing.

Flame of romance flickers even in the sternest heart

Most rational thinkers would agree that men revere romance.

Solid gold buried in underbelly of theatre

What did you do in the summer, they will ask me in April.

A sucker for a good bubble bath

As we stagger through life, moving inexplicably from one blunder to another, the occasional human rises up from the offal pit to play an extraordinary and influential role.

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