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5.3KEconomyQuincentenary of The Reformation …
First published November 4 On Tuesday, 500 calendar years^ ago, a young monk in a small town in Germandom* took a heroically...
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1.1KArts
‘You’re the problem, not the art’
*Pic: Image from here, where there is a history of the controversy … Left civil wars over purity of belief “You’re the...
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1.0KEconomy
Battle of Hastings, 14 October 1066 – 950th anniversary, 2016 …
… But, who knew? Did you? Anyway, who cares? Just a few thousand Dark Age Pommies and Froggies about to become Dead...
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1.3KHistory
Easter 1916 – a terrible beauty?
This year’s Easter is the historical centenary of Dublin’s 1916 Easter rebellion for an independent Island-of-Ireland Republic, which began on the Easter...
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915Economy
Tasmania … explore the delusions …
Trains, lanes and an AFL team are our latest delusional fantasies – they are starting to challenge (a) trees (I’m agnostic –...
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1.1KEconomy
A “lesson for the ages” from two Dead White Mediterranean Blokes
A prof named Greg from a place called the Gong advises Aussie Tony & Bill and Tassie’s Will & Bryan to read...
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1.2KInternational
No man is an island … except in Tasmania
“No man is an island entire of itself”, wrote John Donne, English writer, divine and MP in January 1624, in Meditation XVII....
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935Coroner & Legal
We don’t need saving from our media. Be careful what you wish for
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s team in ‘happier’ times: Les Hinton, left. Rear, Andy Coulson, Rebekah Wade Leonard Colquhoun marshalls some of the...
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904Opinion
An over-abundance of hyperbole …
Bob Ellis: ABC pic Hype (together with [pseudo-]academic ‘jouralism education’) being enemies to good journalism, here is a compilation of hype-in-turbocharged-overdrive from...
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929History
What Arab Revolutions?
“Biggest international news story of the moment is the outbreak of rebellions – ‘revolution’ is too presumptuous a word at this stage...
