Paradoxes and Principles

A few weeks ago I arranged an interview with the Honourable Michael Kirby for the 4BC Mornings Program.

Michael Kirby is an ex-high court judge of Australia and at the time of his retirement was the longest serving of his peers.

Today I was lucky enough to be able to attend a luncheon hosted by Dymocks held at the wonderful United Services Club in Brisbane to launch his new biography by AJ Brown.

The club is an "Olde Worlde" style gentleman's club (obviously they let us ladies in now) that is wondrously rich with relics of the past (clientele included).

Controversial at times but never dull, Kirby revealed himself to be a true and utter gentleman and I got to sit next to him. All of his humanitarian and other generous work aside - he does a spectacularly accurate imitation of King George VI and recited to me a few lines of an oration given by the King in 1945 from South Africa. I wish I had a recorder.

This is AJ Brown (another Alex), myself and Hon Michael Kirby