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Other > Letters to the Herald
On the September 1, 1995, my first letter to the Sydney Morning Herald was published and I never looked back: I've been opining and whining ever since.
"What an insufferably pretentious letter from Peter Fyfe..." Terry of Gordon (May 18, 2009)
I've posted some of my favourite letters on the following pages:
Quips: a collection of usually amusing one-lines
Big Questions: wry answers to the real issues
Banging On: assorted diatribes of a more lengthy disposition
Heartfelt: letters I just had to write
Politics: sounding off on all manner of things
The Arts: contributions to the public debate
Homosexuality and the Church: a perennial favourite!
Enjoy!
To set the tone, a meta-letter…
Letter writers are the last true democrats, a group of selfless public-spirited individuals dedicated to keeping the bastards honest through their vibrant veracious vox populi.
Anyone suggesting we're a lot of egotistical, opinionated wind-bags does so at his/her peril.
May 1, 2000
On the January 24, 2002, I celebrated "The Ted", named for the late Ted Matulevicius of Goonellabah, with the publication of my 100th letter. For the record, I celebrated the half Ted (50th) on September 16, 1998 and the sesqui Ted on April 23, 2004. On September 7, 2005 I achieved the double Ted (200), the two-and-a-half Ted (250) on February 3, 2007 and the triple Ted on December 15, 2008. It really is terribly addictive... and "insufferably pretentious". Progress continues, slowly.
To celebrate its 175th anniversary, the SMH published two volumes of "Best Letters". I'm proud to say I rated two in Volume One, and five in Volume Two. It's a kind of fame.