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Nicholas Jensen is commentary editor at The Australian. He previously worked as a reporter in the masthead’s NSW bureau. He studied history at the University of Melbourne, where he obtained a BA (Hons), and holds an MPhil in British and European History from the University of Oxford.

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Lord Clive meeting with Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey. A painting by Francis Hayman. National Portrait Gallery.

Empires strike back: charging through centuries of murky history

In Empire, listeners are not presented with a stiff ledger of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ or a rap sheet of historical injustices to ponder – it’s left to them to consider.

Nicholas Jensen

Summer CookbookNation

6/1/23: Writer Anna Funder at her home in Glebe. Anna is a contributor to The Australian's summer cookbook. John Feder/The Australian.

Recipe cooks up memories of mum – and a hearty feed

Anna Funder has cooked the meal a hundred times before, but she can never quite remember how to make minestrone soup without her mother’s recipe in front of her.

Nicholas Jensen

The Australian’s Australian of the YearPolitics

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong attends a meeting with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at Parliament House in Canberra on October 18, 2022. (Photo by LUKAS COCH / POOL / AFP)

A true Australian working for all Australians

After she has undertaken diplomatic visits to 24 countries since Labor’s election victory in May, no one could question Penny Wong’s work ethic, talent and commitment.

Nicholas Jensen

arrestNation

Developer Steve Nassif one of two charged over $24m Northwood house fire

Property developer denies mansion arson

A Sydney property developer accused of burning down a $24m heritage-listed mansion will fight allegations he was behind the mysterious blaze.

Nicholas Jensen

LegacyNation

epa10387027 Australian Cardinal George Pell prays near the body of the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger) lying in state in the Saint Peter Basilica for public viewing, Vatican City, 03 January 2023. Former Pope Benedict XVI died on 31 December 2022 at his Vatican residence, at the age 95. For three days, starting from 02 January, the body will lay in state in St Peter's Basilica until the funeral on 05 January. EPA/MASSIMO PERCOSSI

Great churchman, fine priest and good Christian soul

Cardinal George Pell’s legacy in Australia was complicated, but Catholic leaders remember him as ‘one of the great churchmen’.

Stephen Lunn, Angelica Snowden and Nicholas Jensen

diabetesPolitics

Diabetes medicine semaglutide called Ozempic . Picture: supplied

Drug shortage leads to call for quarantine

The nation’s peak medical body says the drug regulator and federal government must consider quarantining supplies of the in-demand diabetic drug Ozempic.

Nicholas Jensen

spare revelationsWorld

In this photo taken 12 Dec 2012, made available 21 Jan 2013 of Britain's Prince Harry or just plain Captain Wales as he is known in the British Army, makes his early morning helicopter pre-flight checks on the flight-line, from Camp Bastion southern Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defense announced Monday that the 28-year-old prince is returning from a 20-week deployment in Afghanistan, where he served as an Apache helicopter pilot with the Army Air Corps. (AP Photo/ John Stillwell, Pool)

Harry breaks ‘the soldiers’ code’

Expert says Prince Harry has made himself a terror target after claiming he killed 25 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.

Nicholas Jensen

Summer cookbookNation

29/12/22: Author Saman Shad with her children, Nyle, Milan(girl) and Kaiden Shad-Sharpe at their home in Chatswood for The Australian's summer cookbook. John Feder/The Australian.

Family favourite for globetrotting author’s table

When Saman Shad decided to call Sydney home more than a decade ago she was determined not to forget her Pakistani roots, especially when it came to cooking for her family.

Nicholas Jensen

festivalArts

Elevate Festival SydneyPhoto- Destination NSWEscape 18 Dec 2022news

Party time as unloved freeway becomes ‘world’s longest bar’

Sydney’s oldest freeway has never been short of an enemy, but the Cahill Expressway has taken on a very different look this summer.

Nicholas Jensen

Population StatementNation

2/1/23: International students Szu-Yen Le, An Po-Ru, Yingyi Zhang,and Yiping Qiao at Sydney University talking about new migration data indicating that here will be a huge bounce-back in the numbers of international students and other migrants entering the country after the easing of covid-related restrictions. John Feder/The Australian.

Overseas students lead migration surge

The migration rate has made a stunning turnaround and is on track to return to pre-pandemic levels this financial year.

Stephen Lunn and Nicholas Jensen

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