WORLD: Mark Twain
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Comment: Address to the US President: Draft for a Prime Minister’s Address on the Occasion of Another Visit from the President of the United States
Don Watson
Mr President, Thank you for making room in your busy schedule to see me while you are in Darwin. In the short time I have at your disposal...
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WORLD
Parallel Lives: Mark Twain and his Autobiography: Volume 1
Peter Robb
A big book by Mark Twain became a bestseller in the US following its publication last November, a hundred years after its author’s death....
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A Proper Wedding
Amanda Lohrey
I could not remember another time when a newsreader had been elevated above bishops at an important state memorial service, yet no one in...
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Comment
Don Watson
Sixty-eight-year-old Lloyd Griffin sits on the verandah of his new house in New Orleans' once notorious Ninth Ward. The house is...
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‘The Book is Dead: Long Live the Book’ by Sherman Young
Chris Womersley
This is a tidy manifesto which argues that, in the same way news has become separated from newspapers, and radio programs (think podcasting...
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Twitter
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The War on Whingeing has begun, and @GMegalogenis must be breaking some kind of record on his blog today: http://t.co/V4OiQotJ #13hourslater
Thursday, 24 May 2012 - 10:20pm
Now free online – Robert Manne spends one morning with @TurnbullMalcolm, the leader plenty of voters still want: http://t.co/vrCExhRy
Thursday, 24 May 2012 - 7:25pm
“I want to know if my hair is just like yours” – the boy who patted Obama's head. Via @ShortlistDaily: http://t.co/uHe1c6cX
Thursday, 24 May 2012 - 4:11pm
Thrillseeker of the year. Wing-suited man jumps out of chopper, no chute, from 2400ft: (video) http://t.co/CcI8xlFu
Thursday, 24 May 2012 - 4:05pm
