Latest articles by Tom Hoffmann
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
Ukraine. Enough said. You know what I’m talking about. Even at extreme distance from the conflict, Melburnians have been horrified by recent events.
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The power of nostalgia
Over the new year I was excited to go and see part four of the Matrix franchise, The Matrix Resurrections.
Read MoreMy name is Tom, and I am a long-suffering-no-longer Melbourne Demons supporter
As you would no doubt be aware, the Melbourne Football Club won its first premiership in 57 years back on September 25.
Read MoreWhy, oh why, can’t we?
Lately I’ve been singing our two-year-old daughter, Genevieve, to sleep
Read MoreThe worst thing to lose and the best thing to have
“To spare oneself from grief at all costs can be achieved only at the price of total detachment, which excludes the ability to experience happiness” – Erich Fromm, German-American psychologist and philosopher.
Read MoreReligion: It ain’t sexy. Or is it?
From what I’ve observed, people tend to imagine Christians as being prudish and uptight when it comes to sex
Read MoreThe catch up
I recently spent a morning catching up with an old friend I hadn’t seen in about 10 years.
Read MoreHeroes and villains
In the 2008 Batman movie, “The Dark Knight”, the character Harvey Dent, the District Attorney of Gotham City, uttered a prophetic sentence.
Read MoreDust to dust
One balmy March evening a few years ago, I found myself at a service station filling my car up with fuel.
Read MoreAssigning value to things
When I was a teenager I kept a seashell in my pocket.
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