16th Century England
Last week, Hilary Mantel was a critically praised but commercially lukewarm novelist, whose Tudor corridors-of-power saga “Wolf Hall” was receiving rave reviews for its vivid depiction of 16th-century England. Read more »
Anne England Ireland Queen Scotland
Flagging Our Tangled Past
Jesus Would Be Disgusted
Dangerous Nationalist Thought
by PHILIP WHITE – This was originally published on Australia Day 09 – I publish it again after the ridiculous hoo-haa in the British press upon the record price an old Union Jack has just brought at a British auction, after being flown at the battle of Waterloo and languishing in a drawer in Sydney since the ’sixties. Read more »
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