September 2010 Issue 102

selected by Alan Wheatley     Each month we look back at a story or article previously published in Bonzer  that still resonates for this selector. Dermott Ryder is a poet, singer, songwriter, producer, event organiser, commentator on a broad range of folk music and writing issues, the editor of the on-line magazine, ‘Folk Odyssey’ [...]

Selected by Alan Wheatley Each month we look back at a story or article previously published in Bonzer.  It is reproduced now because it still strikes a chord. As well as writing Golden Days, her first story for Bonzer, Kath Mounsey also began her popular column she called Funny Business, which has been running continuously [...]

Selected by Alan Wheatley Each month we look back at a story or article previously published in Bonzer.  It is reproduced now because it still strikes a chord. This month I’ve picked out a very amusing and still highly relevant piece that John Powell wrote in the September 2003 issue. It was John’s first story [...]

Compiled by  Alan Wheatley Each month we look back at a story or article previously published in Bonzer.  It is reproduced now because it still strikes a chord. This story first appeared in the August 2003 issue of Bonzer. By Gloria MacKay The couch that grew old as I grew up had doilies straight-pinned into [...]

Compiled by Alan Wheatley Each month we look back at a story or article previously published in Bonzer.  It is reproduced now because it still strikes a chord. This story was first published in Bonzer! In the July 2003 issue. By Hennie van Dyk A few months after having been promoted general manager and chief [...]

Edited by Alan Wheatley Each month we look back at a story or article previously published in Bonzer. It is reproduced now because it still strikes a chord. By Mike Larder “Ya up ‘ere for the muster mate,” drawled Bill the publican, his gravelly voice distorted by the drone of an electric shaver that was [...]