Literature from western India describe diverse savanna landscapes, defying the dogma that these ecosystems resulted from relatively recent deforestation
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Beamish Street (above, top left to bottom right) cuts across Campsie like a knife wound, only instead of blood, a spurt of discount stores, fresh produce markets and newsagents has erupted into the populace. A news-hungry populace. Seriously, there are no fewer than three newsagents active in a very small area here, with at least […]
2 July 2025 David Howell’s thesis: The new anarchy is digital, not ideological. The microchip and information revolution have changed human relations everywhere, uprooted family ties, life patterns, local communities, world affairs. Microcircuit technology has compelled the need for a new type of democracy, a new pattern of world power, otherwise a slide to domestic … Continue reading Speech on the Book Launch of David Howell’s The Coming Anarchy and How to Avoid It
Closer inspection of prized Roman possessions has highlighted the possible networks of the artisans behind them
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My new book, Brave New Wild: Can Technology Really Save the Planet? is out and available at/through all fine book stores. And hopefully some disreputable ones too!
Some stories are too difficult to tell in the hours, days or weeks after you experience them. Over time, however, they fester; begging to be told; becoming more insistent as the months and years pass. Some even begin to haunt a writer more and more, day by day until the tale must be told. Last […]
The Italian scientist who sparked an electric revolution that led to the beloved horror story—and the battery
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Former Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, has taken some time out from rewriting Australian history to offer some advice to beleaguered opposition leader, Sussan Ley. His advice, to consider knighting Prince Andrew. ”Everyone loves a Royal, so why not bestow upon... Read More ›
Former Australian Prime Minister (yep, really), Tony Abbott, has announced that his soon to be released book on Australian history will be printed exclusively in white ink. ”I’m very excited for the people of Australia to get to read a... Read More ›
A while back I wrote a series of posts about the 1998-9 Kosovo conflict. If you’re interested, here they are: Prelude to War, The Serbian Ascendancy, Things Fall Apart, And So To War. This post continues that story up to the unsuccessful Rambouillet peace conference of February-March 1999. So by early 1999, the Serbian province […]