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Cliff Hardy aka Peter Corris dies in his sleep

August 31, 2018

Peter Corris died yesterday, in his sleep. What an end. I’m not sure that’s the ending Peter would have written for Cliff Hardy his shadow and subject of his detective

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Garlands a Unique Florist – Precinct 75 – St Peters

August 30, 2018

I love Garlands, I discovered this wonderful florist at their old home in Surry Hills. I go for the scale and their unique ideas. They have since moved to Precinct

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The Lunatic Express – A train from Capetown to Cairo

August 29, 2018

I’ts been over 40 years since I spent any time in Africa, apart from an assignment in Uganda, it is a place I long to return to. The Lunatic Express

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Jose Luis Cuevas – Mexican artist – Mexico City

August 28, 2018

José Luis Cuevas (February 26, 1934 – July 3, 2017) was a Mexican artist and was one of the first to challenge the then dominant Mexican muralism movement as a

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Life is short, that’s the point – Big Ideas series NYT

August 27, 2018

Our mortality is not something to be overcome. It is integral to our humanity. Consider this fact of modern life: Nearly all of the technological products that we buy and

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