There’s a blessed archipelago on the fringes of Polynesia.

Please allow me to introduce myself.

Your Malthouse Blogger Neil Miller has asked me to fill in for him over the next few weeks as he takes a break after nine years of regular Malthouse bloggery.

It is hard to believe that we are nearly 1/12^th of the way through 2019 already. I literally know people who have not yet finished all their festive ham leftovers from Christmas dinner.

Wow - “Gin is the New IPA” – my word, what a bold prediction to begin the Malthouse Blog in 2019.

This time of year is called “the silly season” for the media and politicians.

The dictionary definition of Epic is:

“Noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centred upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style: or

Heroic, majestic, impressively great: or

Slang: Spectacular, very impressive, awesome.”