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Nick Bryant

Nick Bryant is a senior correspondent for the BBC. He is the author of The Bystander: John F. Kennedy and the Struggle for Black Equality and the recently published Adventures in Correspondentland.
 
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The Monthly Essays

What Gina Wants: Gina Rinehart’s quest for respect and gratitude

Nick Bryant

Lang Hancock thought journalists were either “socialists” or “communists”. Gina, too, is deeply scornful of the press. Very few reporters...

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The Monthly Essays

So Who the Bloody Hell Are You?: Scott Morrison

Nick Bryant

In a country that has always exhibited a fickle streak towards foreigners heading for its shores, Scott Morrison is especially well...

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The Monthly Essays

CanDo? Campbell Newman’s Bid for Queensland

Nick Bryant

Crestfallen conservatives would have drawn little consolation from the potentially morale-boosting fact that Brisbane City Council is the...

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The Monthly Essays

The Battle for Bennelong: Round Two

Nick Bryant

An affectionate type, she embraces a couple of familiar-looking locals and sits down for a quick natter with a group of elderly ladies...

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Cold Comfort

Nick Bryant

Shirt by fluorescent-orange shirt, the quilt will take shape: a gaudy patchwork emblazoned with the logo of the world's biggest mining...

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