‘Lost’ songs tell story of Joy Division
Peter Hook is bringing his old band’s two albums to life in Australia – a remarkable showcase of what might have been.
Peter Hook is bringing his old band’s two albums to life in Australia – a remarkable showcase of what might have been.
Beaten to the point of brain damage and reviled the world over, the Melbourne activist has finally been vindicated as a visionary.
A diver and strong swimmer, Felip Karma apparently drowned. His countrymen are right to question the circumstances – too many relatively young West Papuan leaders die in odd ways.
The one-time deputy Liberal leader was a driving force behind the Fightback! agenda, the GST and the revolution on Australian wharves.
Nature rules the world with a tyrannical authority that only the bravest is willing to contest. While Felix Baumgartner challenged nature and took significant risks, his epic space jump was not a gamble.
Fate threw Hannah Goslar together with Anne Frank when they were children, but destiny determined unimaginably different lives for them.
Ken Cowley went from printer to the top of a publishing and transport empire that eventually spanned the globe.
All up, Valeri Polyakov spent almost two years in space, and if humans ever do go further than the moon, they’ll have him to thank.
As Rupert Murdoch changed Australian publishing and launched News Corp to the world, Ken Cowley was at his side.
Retired four-star general David Petraeus is guarded about the risks of nuclear conflict over Ukraine, but warns against taking Vladimir Putin lightly.
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