Biography
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Henry Kissinger, America’s Most Notorious War Criminal, Dies At 100
The titan of American foreign policy was complicit in millions of deaths — and never showed remorse for his decisions.…
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He walks among them: Remembering Father Bob
I got to know him in 2015 when working on The Fighter, a book exploring the life of ex-boxer and youth…
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Son of the West: A tribute to Peter Haffenden
On the day Peter Haffenden died the waters of the Maribyrnong River were rising, the floods peaking, lapping at the…
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James Lovelock remembered by John Gray
The author and philosopher looks back on his friendship with the creator of the Gaia theory, who was ‘the closest…
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Margo Jefferson and the Art of Life
In her work, especially her new book Constructing a Nervous System, she transforms criticism into an experience one feels in…
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Hilma af Klint: A Biography by Julia Voss review – portrait of the painter as a mystic
The voices in her head told Hilma af Klint she would be a great artist. Madoc Cairns The Guardian They…
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Hebe de Bonafini: Co-founder of Argentina’s Plaza de Mayo mothers group dies at 93
A human rights activist who galvanised the mothers of missing people during Argentina’s Dirty War has died aged 93. Elsa…
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Angela Lansbury – a storied career sure to touch people for years to come
Every Sunday evening, I devoured Jessica Fletcher’s activities in Murder, She Wrote – catching the bad guys and saving another poor…
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Hilary Mantel was one of the great voices of historical fiction – and so much more
She will be chiefly remembered for her trilogy on the life of the Tudor politician Thomas Cromwell. Dinah Birch The Conversation…
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Uncle Jack Charles, actor and revered Victorian Aboriginal elder, dies aged 79
Actor, musician and revered Victorian Aboriginal elder Uncle Jack Charles is being mourned as a cheeky, tenacious “father of black…
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I Wish My Friend Could Have Read Her Own Obituary
She died early last Wednesday, but if she’d held on a few more hours, I like to imagine that she…
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Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader who ended cold war, dies aged 91
Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader whose reforms led to the unlooked for break-up of his own country, and to…
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Vale Judith Durham, the cuddly Aussie ‘girl-next-door’ whose soaring voice found international fame
An icon of the Australian music industry as lead singer for The Seekers and a solo artist, hers was an…
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Archie Roach obituary
Celebrated performer whose songs, including Took the Children Away, revealed the suffering of Australia’s stolen generations Robin Denselow The Guardian…
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Peter Mackridge obituary
When Peter Mackridge, who has died aged 76 of cancer, embarked on his academic career, “Greece” was widely regarded as…
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Vangelis – as Thucydides once said “The whole earth is the sepulcher of famous men”
An Argonaut of the Cosmos, Vangelis Papathanassiou departed from this life, a modern Jason from the land of the Argonauts…
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