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  • Restoring Canterbury (10 Nov 07)
    I am most glad to read that in the little over a year since it was publicly launched the Save Canterbury Cathedral Appeal has raised over £7 million of the ...
  • Albert Hall, a place for the dancing shoes (07 Oct 07)
    I'm glad the ACT Government has announced its intention to operate Canberra's venerable Albert Hall. It will discontinue private leasing which has seen the Hall become become more and more ...
  • Embracing Embraer (01 Oct 07)
    Virgin Blue has announced recommencement of Canberra-Sydney flights from Feb 08 using new 78 seat Embraer 170 jets which are more suitable for the frequent short-haul shuttle service than the ...
  • Twelve Andaman sunsets (30 Sep 07)
    Usually I prefer to be a low-budget traveler rather than a luxury-class tourist. But this time James and I were glad to make an exception for we were both weary ...
  • A tough week for Phuket (16 Sep 07)
    Our Patong holiday has begun against a sadly eventful background. The evening we arrived there was tsunami scare following bad earthquakes and loss of life in Sumatra. The staff of ...
  • Ruthless intolerance of the Other (17 Aug 07)
    Although many soldiers and other have given of their best the continuing disaster of Iraq confirms my long-held conclusion that the essential attribute of the American-led policy and strategy is ...
  • Mr Olmert, tear down this wall! (19 Jun 07)
    This month saw the fortieth anniversary of the Six-day war (5-11 June 1967). In 1967 I was a new student at Monash University where I got to know a number ...
  • Do the Anglican bishops support Mugabe? Not entirely. (24 Apr 07)
    Associated Press (20 April) says that African Anglican bishops have issued a message to Zimbabweans that was broadly supportive of the government sharply contrasting with an earlier call from Catholic ...
  • Buffalo burned (18 Feb 07)
    Looking for somewhere to go for a break I thought Mt Buffalo would be good. I went there years ago; its beautiful. But I discover the resort's website is ...
  • A hidden love remembered (07 Jan 07)
    A love to hide [Un amour à taire] directed by Christian Faure with actors Jérémie Renier Louise Monot Bruno Todeschini Michel Jonasz Charlotte de Turckheim is the story of the ...