We call a book good if it entertains or educates us. But when it deal with such a well-covered topic as “the glory that was Rome,”...
From Madrid: Madrid is better than Paris. That’s my advertising slogan for this great city. Instead of Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen should make a movie...
Last week I was invited to give a speech on the escalation of government censorship for Western Heritage Australia. We were there to talk about the...
The Jew with the bloodied torso was being brutalised, lashed, and abused. I was seated in row B of the stalls, near enough to the stage...
Workers should not be discriminated against on the basis of their gender. This is axiomatic and is enshrined in the Fair Work Act. Unfortunately, workers have,...
In recent years, debates over social media’s impact on children have intensified, with many voices calling for government intervention, stricter age limits, and regulatory restrictions. Prime...
When the second world war began, Max Dupain and photographer Olive Cotton had been married for five months and he was thriving personally and professionally. Around...
In the old Chief Secretary’s Building, a sandstone relic of colonial New South Wales not far from Circular Quay, an episode in the state’s more recent...
Deng Xiaoping arrived first. Striding into a reception room of the Great Hall of the People beside Tiananmen Square, the Chinese leader paused to greet the...
Clare Wight’s latest book, Näku Dhäruk: The Bark Petitions, is the third volume of her history of Australian democracy. The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka, which came...