Mystery police beating waylaid star’s music career
In 1967 pop star Jimmie Rodgers was found badly injured on a Los Angeles roadside, what happened remains a mystery
Today In History
‘Prize’ ship’s convicts on voyage from hell
When the convict-laden British ship Emu set sail in 1812 it could never have imagined it would fall into the hands of American pirates.
English royals and the showgirls they loved
Prince Harry’s engagement to Meghan Markle is not the first romance between an English royal and an actor.
Aussie pilot’s personal sacrifice earnt him VC
When the RAF Stirling bomber piloted by Australian Ron Middleton took off 75 years ago today, it would fly into VC history.
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Bond girl Honor Blackman was no sex kitten
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Harbourside paradise reclaims its beauty
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Aussie aces among Churchill’s heroic few
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Bombed shrine was built to lift a curse
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Code born of need for level playing field
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Photography pioneer put romance into pictures
Orthodox photographers may not have enjoyed Julia Margaret Cameron’s work, but artists were drawn to the ethereal Renaissance-inspired echoes of the 19th century pioneer’s images.
‘We were almost to the beach before it let go’
The mangled dent in Ray Short’s deformed left leg is a legacy of his near escape from a great white on a NSW beach almost 50 years ago.
Solving the mystery of Nefertiti, ancient Egypt’s sleeping beauty
She was the beauty queen of ancient Egypt, her delicate cheekbones, sensuous lips and fine jaw balanced on a slender neck. And we may be on the brink of finding her final resting place.
Potter’s art soothes unhappy past
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Among the dogs of war, Sarbi will be remembered always
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