Section: Arts And Culture
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Bob Morrow and B. N. Oakman
- 22 April 2008
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A bunch of plastic pink carnations.. two white roses, limp.. scorched by frost.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Brian Doyle
- 21 April 2008
Like people, no book is exactly symmetrical. Often the cover belies the interior, just as the bright faces
of people often hide the stories beneath. Many we ignore too easily, a million we will never know, such being the way of the world.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Brenda Niall
- 18 April 2008
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Many Irishmen volunteered to fight for Britain in the
First World War. Others took part in the 1916 Easter Rising and subsequent struggle for independence. Like Gallipoli the previous year, the doomed Rising became a legend more
powerful than a military success could have been.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Brian Matthews
- 17 April 2008
'Geo-politically astute' astrologer Jessica Murray believes revelations about China's violations against Tibet were prompted by astrological activity. For all their glib outlandishness and pseudo-scientific jargon, contemporary astrologers still fascinate.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 17 April 2008
Cartoonist Bruce Petty has crafted a film as ambitious and chaotic as its title suggests. Global Haywire pastes talking head interviews alongside outrageous animated satire to create a political cartoonist's answer to a schoolboy scrapbook.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Moira Rayner
- 16 April 2008
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Having a conflict of interest is not, in itself, wrong — it is the
potential for wrongdoing and corruption that must be avoided. We are
not very good at this in Australia. From July-August 2003
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Anne Carson
- 15 April 2008
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Our musician guide tells how he was made to smash his violin, his love. Fifty years on and grief still shapes his hands; splinters in his palms.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
By their very nature, zoos are perverse places. But this 'story of survival from the West Bank' is as much about a scarred
community clinging to normality as it is about empathetic veterinarian Dr Sami and his endeavours.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Andrew Hamilton
- 10 April 2008
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The Australian Catholic Church and public life are the poorer for the passing of John Button and Archbishop Frank Little earlier this week. They both knew much about winning, but more about losing, and treated all they met with great respect.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 10 April 2008
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Norma Khouri's fraudulent account of a friend's honour killing became a bestseller before her lie was exposed. Forbidden Lies also considers the way media
spin facts into versions of the truth, and how artists use licence to carry their cause.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Ian Woolverton
- 09 April 2008
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Apnalaya, a Mumbai-based non government organisation that works with slum dwellers, commissioned Melbourne photographer Ian Woolverton to create a photo essay of scenes from Mumbai. Eureka Street presents a selection of images from this powerful essay.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
My first meeting greeting is almost hummed, vestment of thongs.. rough hands shake across meeting room circles of disposable chairs.. Avocado oils, unleavened bread and cheap coffee
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