On a wet March afternoon in 1960 an unknown 25-year-old Canadian poet was wandering the streets of London. Since his arrival three months earlier he’d bought himself a blue Burberry raincoat, an Olivetti typewriter and completed an autobiographical novel. Now it was time to find somewhere warm to relax, drink and meet women. Somewhere cheap. Noticing a Bank of Greece sign, he stepped inside and saw a teller with a deep tan and sunglasses. Within a few days Leonard Cohen was boarding a steamer in Piraeus for the five-hour trip to Hydra.
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SlowTV: Norman Abjorensen: Political Reflections on the Federal Experiment. ANU
Norman Abjorensen | Canberra | Jul. 2008
Dr Norman Abjorensen presents a thought-provoking analysis of the nation's federal structure, putting forward some unique and unconventional propositions relating to its genesis, and for its future. His lecture is entitled, "Divided We Fall: Political Reflections on the Federal Experiment... » play video -
SlowTV: Norman Abjorensen (Part 2). ANU
Norman Abjorensen | Canberra | Jul. 2008
Dr Norman Abjorensen presents a thought-provoking analysis of the nation's federal structure, putting forward some unique and unconventional propositions on both its genesis and for its future. His lecture is entitled, "Divided We Fall: Political Reflections on the Federal Experiment".AN... » play video


