Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Which Is Australia’s Best Cricket World Cup (Winning) Team?

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Last Sunday Australia won its fifth Cricket World Cup final, having won the tournament previously in 1987, 1999, 2003, and 2007. This Aust...
Sunday, March 29, 2015

The Finger Points Outwards - No. 102

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ECONOMICS: The Secretary to the Australian Treasury on Australia’s need to repair its fiscal position . ECONOMICS: The Deputy Secretar...
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Get Rid of ‘… a such-and-such … ’: Name Your Sportspeople!

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Few people would hold sports up as a field that generally brings out the best in the English language, even if there are some very eloquen...
Friday, March 13, 2015

The Finger Points Outwards - No. 101

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Some links previewing the 2015 Australian Football League season, kicking off in a few weeks: Top 10 AFL games to watch in 2015 by Miche...
Thursday, March 12, 2015

Book Review: Girl In A Band – Kim Gordon

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How much is the content and tone of an autobiography determined by when you write it? Kim Gordon’s autobiography, ‘Girl In A Band’ comes ...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Alan Moore v Grant Morrison

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Alan Moore and Grant Morrison are for me, and many others , the two best comic book writers ever. They also have a long-running feud . In...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

It Is Not Unexpected That England – Or Some Team Like Them – Would Be Eliminated From The Cricket World Cup Early

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England’s loss to Bangladesh in the Cricket World Cup yesterday means that they will not qualify for the quarter-finals. Given that, befor...
Saturday, March 7, 2015

The Wooden Finger Five – March 2015

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5.California Nights – Best Coast ‘I stay high all the time/Just to get by/I climb into the sky/And my eyes, they cry’ ‘I never wanna g...