Stephen King’s first editor, Bill Thompson, once said, “Steve has a movie camera in his head.” So vividly drawn is King’s fiction that it’s offered the basis for some 50 feature films.

“She’s a wonder woman,” says Lynette Rowe (left) of her mother, Wendy Rowe, who is a recipient of the OAM in the King’s Birthday Honours.Credit: Paul Jeffers The devastating disability was ...

Of the 830 awards issued for the King’s Birthday, 581 were civilian honours, 36 were military honours, 149 were for meritorious service such as for people in the public service and 64 were ...

While the US is approaching 250 years of independence, Australia still pauses to celebrate the birthday of a British king, flouncing around in ceremonial garb like the petulant George III in the ...