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Royal commission told of ‘heartbreaking’ abuse faced by women with disability
The disability royal commission was told 90 per cent of women with intellectual disability have experienced sexual abuse. By disability…
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‘Time to rethink our museums and return stolen goods’, says high-profile lawyer
’The British Museum is in possession of stolen goods. The Parthenon Marbles were stolen by Lord Elgin – they never…
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Israeli archaeologists unearth massive ancient winery dating back 1,500 years
Israel’s Antiquities Authority said the site was uncovered over the past two years during development work in the town of…
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Israeli-French TV series coming on Mavi Marmara flotilla raid
An eight-episode series, Ocean Wind, based on the dramatic story of the Mavi Marmara flotilla incident in 2010, will be produced…
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The U.K. Doesn’t Want to Return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece
Despite the fact that the UNESCO intergovernmental commission recently unanimously voted for the return of Grecian Parthenon sculptures from the…
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The United Nations, synergies and the Classics
Three words characterizing the symptoms of the asthenic ecumenical system. Alexandros P. Mallias ekathimerini The “Pentarchy” of the permanent members…
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Angela Merkel: How a poor girl from East Germany rose to become the ‘Empress of Europe’
With her class waiting below, the nine-year-old stared down into the swimming pool for 45 minutes, hesitating on whether to…
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Why Beethoven wasn’t the original punk rocker of classical music
But there is another curious classical music trope in circulation, one that is actually hard to avoid: Beethoven was a…
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Daylight saving was introduced in WWI to save fuel.
In a couple of weeks, Australia’s three time zones will become five as daylight saving time kicks in. Belinda Smith…
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Trojan War retold as a sprightly, well-paced bit of epic theatre
The Trojan Women, one of his greatest plays, shows this spectacularly: not only is it a staggering lamentation for the…
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What ancient Chinese roofs can tell us about climate change
A new study, published in Science Advances by researchers at Nanjing University in China suggests that there may even be…
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Sleep stories by First Nations storytellers to help you get snoozy
That’s the pitch for Dreamy, a new podcast bringing together five sleep stories voiced and written by Indigenous creatives, with…
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20 years after 9/11, the American colossus has gone and the Middle East remains strife-torn
The first are the attacks themselves on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. Tony Walker The Conversation These shocked…
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Day of the Victims of Holocaust and of Racial Violence in Slovakia
September 9 is marked as Day of the Victims of Holocaust and of Racial Violence in the Slovak Republic. The date of…
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John Lennon’s Imagine at 50: a deceptively simple ballad, a lasting emblem of hope
The counter-cultural movement of the 60s was still being felt. Demonstrations were held opposing the Vietnam War and in August,…
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Fruits of the loom: why Greek myths are relevant for all time
Among my most treasured books as a child was a volume of Greek myths. Charlotte Higgins The Guardian My eldest…
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