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War & Waste 

The Australian War Memorial in Canberra will blow a cool $500 million to expand again over the next nine years. … More

Anzac Hall, Australian Institute of Architecture, Australian War Memorial, building carbon footprint, Denton Corker Marshal, philistinism

‘Sovietistan’

‘A Journey Through Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan’ The book by Erika Fatland was recently translated into English from … More

Erika Fatland, Kazakhstan, Kygyzstan, Samarkand, Sovietistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Albert Camus (et moi)

The great French writer died sixty years ago last Saturday in a car crash. He was 46 years old and … More

Albert Camus, Algeria, Far from Men, Giovanni Catelli, Kamel Daoud, L'Hote The Guest, Loin des Hommes, Meursault, Meursault contre-enquete, Oran Algeria, The Outsider, Viggo Mortensen

Courbet & Pei-Ming

OK you mob, time to refresh our spirits with a cultcha pause, after all the polemical pondering and ongoing scorching … More

Gustave Courbet, Petit Palais Paris, Yann Pei-Ming

Ljubljana Love

Who put love in Slovenia, a pocket-sized country squeezed between Austria, Hungary, Italy and Croatia? While roaming central Europe, your … More

architecture, Jose Plecnik, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Ten Years of News & Views!

Well, probably more views, but time has flown in a decade of strutting and fretting on the meejah stage, to … More

10th anniversary

Damnation Dissent

What a helluva (hmm!) fuss Rugby player Israel (perfect first name) Folau stirred up with his damnation by Instagram of … More

adulterers, atheists, damnation, fornicators, Hell, idolators, Israel Folau, liars, Rugby, thieves

Hubert Wilkins: Uber-Extraordinary Life 

Born in 1888 and raised in South Australia, George Hubert Wilkins is unknown to most Australians. Simon Nasht’s well-documented book … More

Antarctic exploration, Arctic exploration, Hubert Wilkins

Mandolin & Mussolini

Louis de Bernières’s book Captain Corelli’s Mandolin sold well in the day and prompted a movie with Nicholas Cage and … More

Louis de Bernières; Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Mussolini

International Women’s Day

Recently in Hawaii your eagle-eyed correspondent discovered on a wall in a humble abode this ironic (iconic?) reference to a … More

Hawaiian dancers, International Women's Day, Last Supper

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