“The drawing death” – Big Issue column #534
My drawing skills are so bad I once did a sketch of my girlfriend’s pretty face that was so grotesque it made her cry....
“A day out in Avalon” – Big Issue column #533
I’m not entirely sure what made me spend a small fortune on tickets to the Australian International Airshow; possibly the combination of a nagging...
“Rock town” – Big Issue column #532
They came for the rocks and they stayed for…well, it’s best not to ask those questions. The locals of Lightning Ridge clearly had rocks...
“Firelighters – the tramping dating app” – Wilderness Magazine
Published in Wilderness Magazine, July 2017
Tramping can sometimes bring people together in the most unexpected ways. Generally though it’s not considered to be the...
Interview with The Wheeler Centre – “Working with words”
Interview with Ricky French by The Wheeler Centre.Ricky French is a Melbourne-based journalist who specialises in longform and creative non-fiction. He writes regularly for the Weekend...
“Deadly Trigger” – The Weekend Australian Magazine
Storm photo credit: Norm Oorloff
A feature story for the Weekend Australian Magazine, April 2017
Photo credit: Julian Kingma
There was a DJ at Hope Carnevali’s 21st....
“Purred Lines – The Cats of Kuching” – The Saturday Paper
Published in The Saturday Paper, April 2017
Photo credit: Ricky French
Kuching is the sound of one ringgit landing in a sampan driver’s money pouch on...
“The Cooling Pond” – The Australian newspaper T&I
Published in the Australian Newspaper, June 2013
Let us celebrate a weekend in grime. Hazelwood Power Station in Victoria’s La Trobe Valley lays claim to...