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21 July: Unaccustomed as I Am ...
‘Friends, Romans, Countrymen…’, ‘I have a dream‘, ‘Well may we say “God Save the Queen”…’, speechmaking isn’t all 21st birthday toasts and sporting triumphalism. From great oratory to political grandstanding, six local writers and performers read their favourite speeches from history, cinema and literature.
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28 July: Why Are We At War?
An Intelligence Squared debate on the motion, 'There is no justification for risking Australian lives in Afghanistan'. Kellie Tranter, Raoul Heinrichs and Eva Cox argue for the proposition, Sonia Ziaee, Jim Molan and Peter Singer argue against.
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29 July: Thomas Friedman & Maxine McKew
A long-standing and influential commentator on the Middle East and global affairs, prizewinning journalist and acclaimed author Thomas Friedman has a unique ability to capture the trends that shape the future and bring complex issues to life.
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Tour de France, World of Pain
The Tour de France, which this year is 98 years old, began Saturday. To celebrate, we’re publishing, for what we believe is the first time in English, an extract of a report of the first stage of the 1924 Tour.
Last night, at half past eleven, the men were still dining in a suburban Parisian restaurant. The scene was carnivalesque...
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LulzSec's Meteoric Rise & Fall
They’ve been described as “a loose, decentralised group of like-minded computer users, who are almost impossible to track down”, a vigilante group born of the online gaming community...
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Birds Are Grammar Nerds
We already knew that birdsong changes over time as birds' environments change – hence this video of a bird imitating the ringing of a mobile phone. Now there’s evidence that birdsong has a grammar of sorts. New Scientist has reported on a study that suggests Bengal finches can distinguish between ‘correct’ and ‘incorrect’ combinations of their birdsong, and that the ability to do this is learned, not innate...
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