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Doing simply dreadful things too (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Germaine Greer is not happy at losing a light-hearted competition to a professional chef.
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Journalist jailed for writing about homosexuality
The Daily (Maybe) (Free subscription) | yesterday
Iraq is of course a beacon of democracy and happiness these days where children smile all day long and the women do nothing but attend seminars to discuss the writings of Germaine Greer. Sadly all is not well in this garden paradise though. Adel Hussein, a journalist in northern Iraq, has just been fined and sentanced to six months in jail for "violating public decency" by writing about...
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Margaret Fulton: Australia's culinary pioneer
The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
In 1968, two years before Germaine Greer's The Female Eunuch was published, an equally formidable Australian brought out her first book. While Greer inspired women to get out of the kitchen, Margaret Fulton extolled cookery as a joyful and liberating activity.
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UK cops short a bobby or two
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
This is not the first time Brits have made a grab for Aussies - last month a British newspaper pleaded with Australians living in the UK not to head home amid concerns a looming recession and plummeting pound are fueling an exodus. The Times praised the cultural contribution of famous Australians who have made Britain home, including Barry Humphries, Clive James and Germaine Greer as...
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"Gardens: A Literary Companion"
About Landscaping (Free subscription) | yesterday
People have been writing about gardening for a long time. grants us access, in one small volume, to some of the greatest authors who have ever done so. This garden book spans the ages, taking us from the ancient Romans to noted feminist author Germaine Greer. If ever there were an inexpensive, handy garden book for those with a historical and literary bent, this is it. Read reflections...
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NOT bad from a little boy from Merthyr.
Merthyr Express (icWales) (Free subscription) | yesterday
... with his book A History of Queensland facing stiff competition from such literary glitterati as Germaine Greer and Clive James.He eventually lost out to Philip Jones and his book Ochre and Rust: Artefacts and Encounters on Australian Frontiers, chronicling the stories behind Aboriginal artefacts and their part in Australia’s frontier history.“The prize is a very large one so it was...
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Farms 'need more help to diversify'
EADT24 - News (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
... of woodchip as a source of fuel.Later in the afternoon the commission, which also counts Professor Germaine Greer and John Clayton, chief executive of the Essex Chambers of Commerce, among its members, looked at the subject of “food security” in the county and how it could be improved.Prof Pretty said Essex currently produced 75% of the food it needed to support itself and the commission...
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Bookish links
Reading matters (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... but I believe he has taken out citizenship), Peter Carey, Tim Winton and Clive James. Meanwhile, Germaine Greer's S hakespeare's Wife makes the non-fiction cut. Celebrities recommend books to read this Christmas in The Times . Please note all those celebrities taking part have books to flog. Hmm... The fiction list , chosen by the newspaper's Kate Saunders, appears to offer some much...
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My Week: Al Murray
Times Online - Guest contributors (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
... Paul Merton and Ian Hislop turn up, all low-key and approachable, you’re feeling very relaxed. Germaine Greer was a panellist. My favourite moment came when she mentioned that she’s the patron of Buglife, the insect preservation charity. I made her go back to the subject, and she went into a glorious and passionate tirade about the moral obligation we have to care about creepy-crawlies....
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In brief: McCartney’s disputed song
The First Post (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
A document said to contain clues as to the identity of Eleanor Rigby, the subject of one of the Beatles' best-loved songs, was sold for £115,000 at auction on Thursday, despite the fact that Sir Paul McCartney (pictured), who wrote the lyrics, claims the song was not based on a real person………….Cheryl Cole, the X-Factor judge and member of Girls Aloud, appears upset by remarks Germaine Greer...
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Australians crow as London exiles return home
Times Online (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
"Poms beg Aussies to stay," said one typical headline in Brisbane's Courier Mail. After trumpeting Britain's acknowledgement of the contribution made by such iconic figures as Clive James and Germaine Greer (the identity of whom most young Australians are not quite sure) the paper just couldn't help offering 33 well worn reasons why Australia is much better than Britain.
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