Historical
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It’s been one year since Australia’s first COVID-19 case.
Monday marks exactly one year since the first case of coronavirus was discovered in Australia. Maani Truu & Lucy Murray…
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Beverley Farmer and the solitude of the writing life
In February 1987, when she wrote these words, Beverley Farmer was the author of two collections of short fiction and…
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Poirot at 100: the refugee detective who stole Britain’s heart
That man, of course, was Hercule Poirot, who made his debut in Christie’s first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles,…
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Nigeria’s police: The lingering effects of a colonial massacre
When the ikoro sounded on the afternoon of 18 November 1949, schoolboy Godwin Aniagbo knew something was wrong. BBC In…
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Like Lincoln, Biden Will Be Inaugurated Under the Shadow of Violence
One of Joe Biden’s endearing traits is his love of trains. His regular use of rail travel to shuttle back…
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Who Voted for Hitler?
Back in May of 2017, over drinks, The Nation’s Don Guttenplan recommended to me an out-of-print book from the early 1980s…
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Irish prime minister to make formal apology over deaths of 9,000 children at Catholic-run care homes
The report, which covered 18 so-called Mother and Baby Homes where young pregnant women were hidden from society for decades,…
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China hits out at Australia, US, UK and Canada for ‘grossly’ interfering with Hong Kong’s ‘internal affairs’
The foreign ministers of those countries on Sunday issued a joint statement expressing “serious concern” about the arrest of the…
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You’re using the term Orwellian wrong.
Chances are, you’ve seen George Orwell’s name thrown around a lot in the past week on social media, either by…
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Vitamin K: A little-known but noteworthy nutrient
It did not stop after he replaced the cholesterol. Dam ultimately concluded the bleeding was related to a “depletion of…
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How the 1821 Greek Revolution Changed the World
The 1821 Greek Revolution was the first liberal-national movement to succeed in the Old World of Europe – after that…
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The sick politics at the heart of this week’s US crisis go deeper than Donald Trump
It’s part of a long deep unravelling of America. Stan Grant ABC News The angry mobs storming the Capitol building…
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The irresistible rise of John F. Kennedy, the great campaigner
Its sluggish currents hide the rusted hulks of 50 Japanese and American warships sunk during night battles while savage fighting…
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South Korean court orders Japan to compensate 12 Korean sex slaves from WWII
The landmark ruling is set to rekindle animosities between the Asian neighbours — Japan immediately protested, maintaining that all wartime…
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‘No migrants here!’: the Galway families transplanted to Meath’s Gaeltacht colony
Twenty-four families boarded two buses in Clonbur, Co Galway on March 29th, 1940, to make new homes as part of…
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How a lost manuscript revealed the first poets of Italian literature
That was the world of the early Italian Renaissance during the second half of the 15th century. Maria Clotilde Camboni…
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