Sydney author found Hollywood audience
THE controversy over a scene from the TV series You Can’t See ’Round Corners only sparked more interest in a work inspired by a Jon Cleary novel.
Today In History
Few dictators willingly gave up reins of power
When dictators take power
India’s first female PM was born into political dynasty
“Good-bye, little one, and may you grow up into a brave soldier in India’s service,” Jawaharlal Nehru wrote from his prison cell, in a 13th birthday greeting to his only daughter Indira.
Dutch ditched art for tulips
In the history of missed opportunities, descendants of 17th century Dutch florists who invested more in tulip bulbs than a Rembrandt portrait might count their losses.
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Pioneer foodies dished up a feast of TV dinners
Long before Australia was obsessed with MasterChef and its rivals, it was a Belgian-born chef who introduced Australians to food on television.
Henry VIII’s beloved schemer Thomas Cromwell changed England but still lost his head
When most people hear the name Cromwell they think of Oliver, the English soldier and politician, But before Oliver another Cromwell had a major impact on British history — Thomas Cromwell, adviser to King Henry VIII.
How one man’s voice became a global anthem
AS protest songs go, You’re The Voice, which became a huge hit for John Farnham, had an inauspicious start.
Believing in aliens was once a death sentence
FOR his claim in 1584 that there could be life on other planets, Dominican priest Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake as a heretic.
‘The monster shook him like a dog’
WHILE shark attacks have risen to 15 per year in the past decade, the incidence of shark attacks and deaths was dramatically higher in the 1920s and ’30s.
Nazis cast murky shadow over royals
The German connection that has left Queen Elizabeth less than amused by 80-year-old images showing her making a playful Nazi salute has been a source of embarrassment to English royals for a century.
Manson didn’t order slaughter claims author
HE’S been in jail for 45 years but New York author Daniel Simone now claims Charles Manson didn’t order the murders of Sharon Tate, her unborn son and four others on “the day the Sixties died”.
Feathered flights of fancy a fatal fascination
MAN’S earliest attempts at flight were modelled on bird wings and more often than not ended up killing the intrepid adventurer who was convinced he could escape earth’s gravity.
Great Train Robber’s life on the run in Australia
A DARING escape from prison, plastic surgery and an alias brought infamous Great Train Robber and fugitive Ronald Biggs to Australia where he tried to build a new life with his family.
The tiny clue that nailed a child’s murderer
STEPHEN Bradley’s evil plan to extort money by kidnapping the son of Sydney lottery winners left a small clue which put police on his trail. Tragically, the body of Graeme Thorne had already been found.
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