Craig Pett, Independent journalist
I am an independent journalist with a background in law and literature. In recent times, research interests have included MH370 & MH17, South Adelaide FC, and The Murder of Swift’s Printer. Click here for more about me and here to contact me.
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Ashton Forbes and the politics of MH370
If nothing else, American citizen journalist Ashton Forbes is demonstrating that the governments that should be working to solve MH370 are going out of their way to do nothing of the sort. Forbes has produced evidence that demands a response from the US government, if not also China, Malaysia, and Australia, but all are continuing…
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John Rowe and the seed of South Australian secession
This was published in Quadrant Online under the title, ‘You’ll be Sorry When We’re Gone’ – here. In his 1972 novel, McCabe PM, John Rowe tells the story of a maverick Prime Minister from New South Wales Prime whose authoritarian tendencies reach the point where, after South Australia and Western Australia announce their intentions to…
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Courting Princess Ingrid Alexandra
Reminiscing with a friend about our university days, and how our academic endeavours took second place to meeting new people and the pursuit of a campus romance, I made an innocuous comment that produced a strange effect in him. We had been lefties at university but Colin never grew out of it. A life-long socialist,…
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A legend for life
This appeared in The Spectator Australia – here. Talking with an old friend recently about relations between the sexes, I said men these days don’t know if they’re Arthur or Martha. My friend’s name is Keny with one ‘n’, which he considers a mark of distinction bestowed by his parents. He is an academic and…
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If Trump is assassinated, look to Springsteen
This appeared in The Spectator Australia – here. If there is a third and final assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the world could look to Bruce Springsteen. The singer seems not to understand the potential effects that his ongoing anti-Trump commentary could have amongst his legions of zealous fans. He continues to portray Trump as…
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Confucius for Oz
This was published in The Spectator Australia – here. Reading the works of Confucius and other Chinese ancients recently, with their guidance for a life of introspection and honesty of soul, I was saddened at the thought that these philosophies are no longer wanted in their homeland, with the government of China suppressing them out…
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The comedy of Swift Studies – 300 years since the death of John Harding
Today, 19 April 2025, marks 300 years since the death of John Harding, Swift’s Dublin printer. Harding took the risk on Swift’s pseudonymous Drapier’s Letters. For the fourth of these Letters, he was imprisoned to await trial, where he would been interrogated as to the true identity of M. B. Drapier, but that court appearance…
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The South Adelaide Football Club Women’s Team, 2018-2025
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The South Adelaide Football Club through the early 20th Century: 1901-1925
Co-authored with Chris Haines.
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Home grounds and Heartlands: an off-field History of the South Adelaide Football Club
This is intended for the forthcoming book, The Grand Old Blue and White: A History of the South Adelaide Football Club, 1876-2025. It can be downloaded at the tab.
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