About the Author

Kel Richards is a veteran Australian author, journalist and broadcaster. In a long career he has hosted the ABC's flagship national daily radio current affairs show AM, worked as a senior journalist and associate producer with ABC television current affairs, and hosted his own talkback shows on commercial radio. Kel is currently a Sky News contributor and a writer for The Spectator Australia. He famously presented News Radio's regular 'Wordwatch' segment on ABC (till 2010) and now writes a column on language for Australian Geographic.