Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
A distressed Robbie Deans described it as the worst moment of his Wallabies coaching career after his team suffered the indignity of becoming the first Australian side in 27 years and 17 encounters to lose to Scotland.
BigLee's Miniature Adventures (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... Davis - Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry; Bert Weston - Royal Artillery; Robert ‘Robbie’ Burns - Cameron Highlanders; Terence T. H. Verschoyle M.C. - Inniskilling Fusiliers; I. ‘Taff’ Davies B.E.M. - Trench Mortar; Mrs A. E. Cleverley - Nursing Sister; Sir Thomas Harley M.B.E., M.C., D.L. - Royal Lancs Regt.; William ‘Bill’ Hay - Royal Scots; William...
Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
University of Otago professor tells Craig Sisterson why his first novel is a contemporary thriller (Sisterson's article was first published in the Weekend Herald on 31 October and is reproduced here with permisson. Special thanks to Linda Herrick, Books Editor NZ Herald). Looking up at the bronze likeness of poet Robbie Burns, listening to bagpipes wafting on the chill air, Professor...
DWx (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
... long work in progress based in New Orleans that described the approach of hurricane Katrina; "Robbie Burns' Hat" on the annual "beret-toss" memorial ritual in Albany; & "Luxury Hotel" from his experience as a labor organizer. He also shared his love-poet side with "The Menagerie," a poem about meeting his wife, & the gentle narrative...
