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'(Ironically, the history degree has proven hugely valuable in a business that is all about first-hand reporting, detecting narrative bias and the second source.)' Weird use of 'ironically'. Surely this value is also part of why so many lawyers have studied history at university.

For the Pacific Islander women who harvest the fruit and vegetables that stock Australia’s supermarket shelves, motherhood here can mean injury, debt, secrecy and fear.

‘Anyone who thinks that the sportswashing which stains the contemporary game is a recent development might be grimly consoled by its precedents.’ Simon Skinner on the history of the World Cup, online early from the next issue. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Today we are wishing a Happy Birthday to Maurice Sendak, who was born #onthisdate in 1928. If you've not read Where The Wild Things Are, read it today. Or if you've not read it for a while, read it today. And then let the wild rumpus start.

For the Pacific Islander women who harvest the fruit and vegetables that stock Australia’s supermarket shelves, motherhood here can mean injury, debt, secrecy and fear.

As costs soar and graduate prospects dim, the value of higher education can no longer be taken for granted

Today, Jim Henson’s dark fairytale is seen as a classic of 80s high camp. But on release, it bombed. Here, members of the cast and crew remember laughter, tricky puppets and Henson’s ‘joyful magic’

This World Cup, unlike Russia 2018, is hosted by democratic nations, and unlike Qatar 2022 the walkways to its stadiums...

Known elsewhere as D-Day, Queenslanders today mark Queensland Day honouring those brave forebears who stormed the beaches at Southbank and liberated the Castlemaine Perkins brewery at Milton to the delight of war-weary local inhabitants. Lest we forget

Not the first time the Socceroos have used World Cup platform to promote multiculturalism. This article I co-authored examined how Australia’s successful first qualification for the 1974 World Cup was used to underline the nation’s 1970s ’multiculturalism moment’ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Great news for lovers of community radio. Today, UTS (in Sydney) confirmed they'll commit to ongoing funding for 2SER-FM. It's in a diminished form, so there's more work to be done, but it survives. WOO HOOO Thank you for all your support so far. Go independent media! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

So proud of our Socceroos ⚽️ ❤️👏🏼 Socceroos promote multiculturalism with video address on immigration: ‘Football is for everyone’ www.theguardian.com/football/202...

84 years ago, on the 12th of June 1942, Anne Frank received her first diary for her 13th birthday. That day she wrote: 'I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support.' #otd #history 🗃️

The 46-year-old Sydney community radio institution was facing closure after around half its core funding was withdrawn late last year by Macquarie University.

The Socceroos have spoken of their pride in their heritage and playing for the national team as they prepare for the World Cup

In the 1970s, Australian football finally had the impact that its early promoters predicted. Fuelled by waves of British immigration, the game was changed by a post-war generation from Europe. Aust...

Australia's Socceroos promote multiculturalism with video address on immigration: ‘Football is for everyone’

* Message comes ahead of politically-charged World Cup * ‘Socceroos are best representation right now of what Australia is’ The Socceroos have addressed growing anti-immigration sentiment in a powerful video message ahead of the World Cup, speaking of their pride in their heritage and playing for the national team. Compared to their equivalent release ahead of the Qatar World Cup, which directly addressed the hosts’ human rights record, the Socceroos’ statement on Friday was uncontroversial. Continue reading...