Arts & Culture
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10 ‘lost’ Australian literary treasures you should read – and can soon borrow from any library
Effectively, they have become inaccessible and invisible — even including some Miles Franklin award winners by authors such as Thea…
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A study in power : The life of James A. Baker III
In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Bobby Chesney, director of the Strauss Center for International Security and Law,…
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Why a good philosophical aphorism can be so powerful
Philosophy comes to us via long books, grand theoretical systems, complex and interwoven histories of thought that stretch back hundreds…
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‘One of the biggest releases of the year’: why Obama’s new book will trump Trump
As US President Donald Trump angrily tweets his way towards the end of his term in up to 280 randomly-punctuated…
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‘A state of wonder’: the day our little lion man finally arrived
We travelled by taxi to a nearby Travelodge, John and I each holding one of Saroo’s hands as he sat…
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Preserving cultural and historic treasures in a changing climate may mean transforming them
But imagine that you finally arrive in Venice and the “floating city” is flooded. Erin Seekamp The Conversation Would you…
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Geoffrey Robertson to push for Gweagal shield’s return in new series
The series, based on his book Who Owns History?, will also push to repatriate other famous treasures such as the Elgin…
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Not a day passes without thinking about race: what African migrants told us about parenting in Australia
Our study, published in the journal Child and Family Social Work, found it complicates parenting in ways that non-Black parents…
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Shakespeare and Company bookshop in Paris appeals for help – in pictures
Kiran Ridley/Getty ImagesThe Guardian
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Hayat Nazer – The Lebanese artist creating art of love in times of conflict
The weight of it all had nearly paralyzed the small country. Fizala Khan The Kashmiriyat A warehouse explosion that convulsed…
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Sean Connery, James Bond actor, dies aged 90 with his family around him
The Scottish movie legend shot to international stardom as the suave and sophisticated British agent James Bond and went on…
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Kevin Barry: An Irish rebel in his relatives’ own words
One hundred years ago this weekend, Kevin Barry was executed in Mountjoy Prison. Ronan McGreevy The Irish Times Novelist Siofra…
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George Bizos & his Odyssey to Freedom – Online Symposium (6)
With: Dr. Jennifer Webb, Melbourne, Australia – Mr. George Ph Georgiou, S. Africa / W. Australia – Dr. Luli Callinicos,…
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Vatican rebuts US protests over China deal
ROME — The Vatican has renewed a controversial agreement with China despite intense opposition from the U.S. government. Hannah Roberts…
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Online Symposium: George Bizos & his Odyssey to Freedom
This symposium is free and open to the public. Details: 1) The Online Symposium can be accessed via Zoom /…
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Renewing a Stoic philosopher’s Cypriot passport
Born in the 4th century BCE of Phoenician descent he was known as Zeno of Citium the Hellenic kingdom on…
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