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copy of picture from the book Charles Bean by Ross Coulthart Pic shows Charles Bean with his telescope on the battle field

What our first WWI reporter saw

CHARLES Bean was Australia’s first “embedded” journalist in WWI, where he faced monumental frustrations on frontline trenches as he witnessed our troops under fire.

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The mums who moonlight as erotica authors

The mums who moonlight as erotica authors

THINK of an erotic fiction author and you’ll likely imagine a leather-clad dominatrix jetting around the world in search of sexual adventures. But she’s just as likely to be a soccer mum, like these ladies.

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MUST CREDIT: Devonshire Collection Chatsworth... t27 chatsworth The former Deborah Mitford and her son, the current Duke of Devonshire. Must credit: Devonshire Collection Chatsworth, reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees Picture: Chatsworth Devonshire Collection

Meet history’s most dysfunctional family

ONE was in love with Hitler, one was a communist organiser, one was a supporter of British fascism, one was a writer and daring lover. The Mitfords could be modern history’s most remarkable family.

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supplied pix of Mercenary mum Neryl Joyce

From mum to Baghdad bodyguard

EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT: Australian Neryl Joyce went from being a single mum to a Baghdad bodyguard. But her journey exposed her to more than threats of ambush and assassination.

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