Tag: people

Society and History

My uncle’s books

A couple of years ago, after my uncle passed away I inherited Dad’s side of the family’s books. These were the pre-Bond, post-Biggles boys’ own

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A maker of men

The tributes to Australian rules coach Allan ‘Yabby’ Jeans this week have focused on his legacy not only as a coach but as an exceptional

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Reviewed – Barassi

At the outset, let me declare I’ve been a Melbourne Football Club supporter since I can remember. Flower, Grinter, Stynes. I wore number 2 on

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Reviewed – Soldier

General Colin Powell, is, arguably, one of the most well-known Americans of the past decades – a solider, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,

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