Showing posts with label Australia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Australia. Show all posts
Thursday, October 08, 2026

The Joy of Six 1588

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"Tony Blair once observed that the first step from opposition to government is an honest analysis of why you are in opposition. Kemi Ba...
Monday, August 17, 2026

The Joy of Six 1563

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"Toby Young stole his status and career. And in every sinew of his body, he knows that. For most people, imposter syndrome is an irrati...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2026

"His glamour tarnished, his boorishness came to notice": On being the monarch's second son

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Embed from Getty Images Being the second son of a monarch is a difficult career, because you cease to be of use to the family firm – assumin...
Thursday, June 25, 2026

The street in Australia named after my great great grandfather

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My family history stuff is put away and I'm far too hot to go and look for it, so this is written from memory, but I think it's righ...
Wednesday, June 17, 2026

The Joy of Six 1534

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Keir Starmer should set a timetable for his departure from Number 10 and give his successor the opportunity to prepare for becoming prime mi...
Monday, March 23, 2026

The Joy of Six 1493

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"Australian politics is beautifully, exquisitely, delightfully boring. It is boring in the way it used to be back home - sane, predicta...
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Monday, January 12, 2026

The Joy of Six 1460

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"Governments and taxpayers fund universities not because they are efficient 'businesses', but because they are essential public...
Tuesday, January 06, 2026

Pedestrian deaths are increasing because of the rise of SUVs

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Embed from Getty Images Other transport modes such as aviation and railways have become almost accident free as a result of improved safety...
Friday, December 19, 2025

George Dobell: We're losing in Australia because of the way cricket is organised in England

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George Dobell argues that England have not been competitive in Australia because the domestic cricket season here is now geared to making a ...
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Friday, November 14, 2025

Trivia dump: Woman wakes to find she's bought an emu egg

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A BBC News story was shortlisted for Headline of the Day – Woman fulfils childhood dream of rearing an emu – but lost out to a demonic jump...
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Thursday, November 06, 2025

"I've met men on the road who could tell you the name of every star in the sky"

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I thought I'd played chess for Northampton Working Men's Club (or Whyte Melville, as we were often called) only in the national club...
Friday, October 17, 2025

Roger Hollis: The spy who never was?

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My memory of the Eighties is that Peter Wright was seen as being obsessive about Soviet infiltration of British intelligence. But didn't...
Sunday, September 28, 2025

Amyl and The Sniffers: Guided By Angels

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The Guardian says: It’s a distinctly Australian sound that had the Guardian’s UK music critic Michael Hann reaching for new genre titles: ...
Sunday, August 17, 2025

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds featuring Kylie Minogue: Where the Wild Roses Grow

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Another record I heard on holiday. It was released as a single in 1995 and is also on Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds' ninth studio album, M...
Friday, August 15, 2025

A reminder that the mass emigration of children from the care system was never a secret

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Embed from Getty Images When Barnardo's policy of encouraging the emigration of children in their care, which was in place until 1967, w...
Sunday, April 13, 2025

The Joy of Six 1346

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"The miscarriages of justice are extraordinary. One victim is a gay make-up artist with no apparent gang affiliations, just some tattoo...
Saturday, March 15, 2025

Baby wombat grabber Sam Jones leaves Australia after intense backlash including from PM and immigration minister

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There's not much doubt about our Headline of the Day. Well done to the Guardian .
Thursday, February 27, 2025

Green children, lethal crinolines and the bandicoot bandwagon

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The current Fortean Times has an article by John Clark on the famous case of the Green Children of Woolpit . It begins: They were green. The...
Tuesday, January 14, 2025

The Joy of Six 1312

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Emma Burnell  on the new Conservative leader's poor start: "Badenoch is going to have to do something reasonably soon to show that ...
Saturday, January 11, 2025

Emma Raducanu ‘badly bitten by ants’ on eve of Australian Open

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The judges were sorry to hear of Emma's ordeal, wish her a swift recovery and hope she enjoys every success in the tournament.  Neverthe...