Former diplomat Fred Smith’s personal account of the evacuation of Kabul abc.net.au/listen/program…

A flight delay prevented me attending the Australian Folk Music Awards bash on Wednesday night at the Brunswick Ballroom. I was awarded in absentia a gong for “Artist of the Year - solo'. Here's my acceptance speech from the departure lounge: facebook.com/669259594/vide…

As we approach the first anniversary of the fall of Afghanistan and the evacuation from Kabul International Airport, here's a link to my new single Gates of KIA.
youtube.com/watch?v=WemVeA…

Congrats Em!

View from The Hill: Bob Hawke was master of managing government theconversation.com/view-from-the-… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

What's happening? I wrote a book. It's out now. Might make a good Fathers' Day present? (very subtle marketing) booktopia.com.au/dust-of-uruzga…

I met his wife at a gig in Hoboken 10 years ago. She was at the back of the room knitting a bikini!@SareHumphreys Ron Sexsmith 💙

@Milbindi NationalFolkFestival Iain Fred Smith I'll be there, though it means missing a bit of the Afghanistan cricket match at Manuka Oval