Tasmanian Times
Tribute
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904Epistle to the Ecotopians
This document was found on the computer of Ecotopia author Ernest Callenbach (1929-2012) after his death … To all brothers and sisters...
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Barnaby Drake …
Barnaby Drake (a long-time TT reader, writer and commenter) passed away on the 11th of May at the Claude Bernard clinic in...
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Renato Dulbecco
A recent obituary in The Guardian newspaper describes the life, work, and some words of the virologist and molecular biologist Renato Dulbecco....
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Margaret Whitlam dies, aged 92
MARGARET Whitlam, the wife of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and one of Australia’s most revered public figures, has died. She was...
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Gwen Dixon’s lifelong contribution
GWYNETH (Gwen) DIXON OAM (1920-2011) Gwen Dixon was a Tasmanian soprano, much loved as a performer and teacher. She grew up in...
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You never hear about most people …
You never hear about most people who live … … quietly, silently, anonymously. Headlines are reserved for the 5 per cent. 95...
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John Wilson
The Editor of Tasmanian Times very kindly gave space a year ago to publicise community efforts to raise money for the dry...
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An elegy to Hitch
Mary Karr, N+1: Elegy for Christopher Hitchens, Whom I Only Met Twice http://nplusonemag.com/elegy-for-christopher-hitchens-whom-i-only-met-twice
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Death … and instant sainthood
Death … and instant sainthood. Eulogising the recently deceased has become a strange modern form of (almost) worship. The outpourings at the...
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Vale Vaclav Havel
Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown says Vaclav Havel, who died yesterday, was one of the great inspiring politicians of the 20th Century....
