Author(s): Bernard Salt

Culture & Ideas

There's matters of fairness, of manners, of pleasures, of observation. Based on his weekly columns for The Australian that have been published for more than a decade they are stories powerfully told. His writing style is light, loose, crisp and fun and at times he can be glitteringly clever. He plays with language the way he plays with social observation. Salt says that writing a column is a lot like a marriage. It evolves over time. After a decade or so readers will happily let you know if you have pleased or if you displeased with your observations and your pronouncements.