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The Christie’s auction will include the diamante-encrusted Sydney Opera House spectacles worn by Dame Edna, which are estimated to sell for up to £1500.

Dame Edna Everage’s diamante-encrusted specs to go under the hammer

Barry Humphries found global fame through the comic characters he created. His treasures, including an extensive art collection, will be sold off next year.

  • Rob Harris

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Andre Agassi, Prince Harry, Julian Assange and Caroline Calloway have all made use of ghostwriters.

How your ghostwriter can come back to haunt you

As long as publishers keep commissioning books from people who have no idea how to write them, the art of ghostwriting will thrive.

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Each selection in The Fire of Joy seems more moving in light of Clive James’ impending demise.

Clive James' fire extinguished with a final, critical offering

Clive James' posthumous book is a reflection on 80 poems he knew by heart.

  • James Antoniou
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Audio pioneer gave Australian artists global radio presence

Andrew McLennan helped give a voice to Australian artists, nationally and internationally.

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Remembering the writers we lost in 2019

Australian writers Clive James, Les Murray and Les Carlyon were among those lost to us in 2019 along with a host of talented international authors.

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The Clive James Show in 1996 ... Margarita Pracatan, the "strangler of popular tunes", joined Clive.

Sorry, Clive, but your highest achievement was marauding through the middlebrow

A poet, yes. A wordsmith, yes. But we will remember Clive James most for mining the riches of low and popular culture.

  • Michael Visontay

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