No Exit Visa For Liao Yiwu
There is a curious scene in The Corpse Walker, Liao Yiwu’s extraordinary collection of interviews…More
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A Lone Voice
Lydia Cacho is a Mexican journalist and author who is internationally renowned for her fearless…More
The Garlic Warrior
Have you ever felt just a bit suspicious of that extremely white garlic that you…More
So Was That Just The Ego Talking?
Amid a perfect publicity squall, Christopher Hitchens has blown through Sydney, using its Writers’ festival…More
How To Fix A Damaged Brain
Norman Doidge looked exhausted. It must take it out of you, being one of the…More
Stuck In The Present
With futurists like Jacques Attali, Fareed Zakaria and Philip Bobbit all predicting the end of…More
Is Hamas On The Ropes?
In Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull, boxer Jake La Motta drops his gloves in the final…More
A Boy Soldier's Story
Hip-hop fans would be excited to know that Sudanese musician, Emmanuel Jal, is in Australia…More
OMG, The Humanity!
It turns out that in the course of my usual public service, I have been…More
Born in a Gospel Tent
Leading international author Jeanette Winterson was on fire last week at the Sydney Writers’ Festival,…More