Remember

 On the phone with Mother. She’s reading Gideon Haigh’s Doc Evatt book. “He shows, in the thirties everyone in Australia knew everyone.” “It’s still sort of like that.” “Not quite. There’s cultural diversity.” “True, multiculturalism. That’s the change. Good!” “Yes.” We talk about Evatt as a world figure, 1948 the UN Rights declaration, compared with what, Morrison? “Biden couldn’t [remember] his name.” I mention Gideon’s Bradman book. “Your grandmother hated him.” “What, your mother?” “No, Gran. She was English.” “Yes, I know.” “When that song came on the radio...” “’Our Don Bradman’?” “Yes, she’d go over and switch it off!”