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
30 April 2015
Tag: social history
Reviewed – High Wire Act: Ted Rogers, by Caroline Van Hasselt
Where to start in reviewing this 520-page tome? WHAT a book. This book is not just a biography on Canadian media / technology owner and
25 February 2012
Leadership
“You’ll be fine, you’ve got clean shoes.”
Funny thing, nerves. Sometimes they appear when you least need them – like when you’re about to get up and speak! Three years ago I
15 February 2012
Tastes of my childhood revisited
Taste. It’s one of those wonderful senses that can delightfully whisk you to a time and place, often of happy memories. Some of my most
29 October 2011
‘Plane’ old style advertising
In this the era of mega jets, online bookings and paperless boarding passes, this blog http://webexpedition18.com/articles/pan-am-posters/ by Nikola Lazarevic got me thinking of when travel was beginning
24 July 2011
A tale of a cobblestone courtyard and a dank courtroom
Work experience. Remember it? Back in Year 10, when you got to wear a tie and jacket and act all, well – grown up. It
19 July 2011
Twenty years later, what have we become of us?
It’s a sobering thought that for my school’s Year 12 class, next year will be twenty (count ’em – twenty!) years since we filed out
20 March 2011
Society and History
And once, here, they played
On the road to Hamilton, between Lismore and Cressy, is a little place – so small that it’d be hard to be called a hamlet
19 February 2011
TV promos – social history – with garish fashions!
I love TV – must be a child of the 80s thing and having parents that let us watch enough – but not too much
5 February 2011