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ninglun You say you want a revolution Well, you know We all want to change the world You tell me that …Continue reading » Read More
Oct 28, 2011

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ninglun What can you say? They were all winners, and so were the viewers who were treated to an absolutely first rate variety show with two more weeks of the same amazing standard, Here are just two in no particular order, … Continue reading → Read More
Jul 12, 2011

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ninglun Last night? Well the cuteness prize has to go to the 10-years-old tap dancer. Read More
Jul 5, 2011

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ninglun I had fun with some of my own photos over on the photo blog this morning. … as you may see. Read More
Jul 2, 2011

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ninglun Yesterday I posted some statistics relevant to LBOTE students in selective high schools in NSW.  Ten years ago such stats were my bread and butter, but they were never really just stats. Rather they were and are a whole series … Continue reading → Read More
Jun 30, 2011

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ninglun Now we all — me included — should be watching SBS for the next three nights from 8.30. In one of the most ambitious documentary series ever made, Go Back To Where You Came From brings the hottest debate in … Continue reading → Read More
Jun 20, 2011

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ninglun Well some of it is, and it has been well catered for in Andrew O’Hagan’s collection of essays The Atlantic Ocean (2008). Depending on your point of view, oceans either unite or divide the land masses that border them. Read More
Jun 16, 2011

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ninglun The main purpose of this channel is to explain in simple terms the conclusions of scientific research, and correct some of the unsourced crap we get fed on the Internet… The Climate Change series explains how greenhouse gases work, looks … Continue reading → Read More
Jun 12, 2011

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ninglun I am amused by the time and energy people on the Quadrantish side of politics are devoting to GetUp Australia. Conspiracy theories and discernment of hidden hands at work are becoming memetic – or perhaps emetic – among the right-wing … Continue reading → Read More
Jun 11, 2011

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ninglun Yes, I’m hooked. But — among other things – do you know what most strikes me about this show? Read More
May 19, 2011

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ninglun It deservedly won the PM’s  Prize in 2010. “Grace Karskens’ The Colony: A History of Early Sydney (Allen & Unwin, 2009) has won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for nonfiction.  The Colony provides a rich new interpretation of the early life of Sydney.  Supported by a fertile diversity of sources, it is a rich history [...] Read More
Apr 17, 2011

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ninglun From Wollongong Library I have borrowed the DVD of A Poet’s Guide to Britain (BBC Four 2009) presented by young and gorgeous poet Owen Sheers. I had seen one episode one Sunday afternoon on ABC — the program on George Mackay Brown. Read More
Apr 3, 2011

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ninglun Oh my! What a television event most of you missed last night! Read More
Feb 8, 2011

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ninglun Australia today. Filed under: Africa, asylum seeker, Australia, humanity, immigration, inspiration, multiculturalism, video post Read More
Jan 30, 2011

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ninglun Because I postponed this series while the flood crisis claimed our attention I was not expecting to post on it tonight, but the SBS News inspired me. This is not the post I planned; that will come later. Read More
Jan 14, 2011

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ninglun He’s pretty much my ideal in terms of a teacher. Every kid should have someone like that in their school and it’s incredibly sad that they don’t. Read More
Nov 16, 2010

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ninglun 1. via Planet Irf Do note the shameful comment on Irfan’s post by an Australian dickhead called Douglas Darby, formerly a member of the Young Liberals and then of the Christian Democratic Party. Read More
Sep 9, 2010

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