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‘Hungary is Lost’

Subtitled:  Hungry in Hungary! Fleeting impressions from a recent visit to Budapest are confirmed in this eye-opening analysis of the…

Hungary, Viktor Orban

‘Banking Bad’

Guest commentator Matt Caine has prepared this review of a recent book by Adele Ferguson, whose journalistic investigations were instrumental in…

Adele Ferguson, Banking Bad, Banking Royal Commission

Ljubljana Love

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

architecture, Jose Plecnik, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Go Aussie Gunboats

As predicted, ScoMo has rushed to sign us up for a US mission in the Strait of Hormuz, by assigning…

Anzac myth making, Boer War, gunboat diplomacy, Henry Reynolds, persian gulf, strait of hormuz, Unnecessary Wars

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…

10th anniversary

Damnation Dissent

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

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

War on Iran?

Oh no, here we go again – I have that sinking feeling in my stomach, or is it my blood…

China, Hugh White, Iran, ScoMo, Trump

Press Freedom & Failure

Following recent attempts by ScoMo and his attack dog Dutton to intimidate journalists and whistleblowers with Federal police raids and…

Jack Robertson, press freedom, SMH

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…

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…

Louis de Bernières; Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Mussolini

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