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SHOCKING: Rebecca west - You Need To See This

It took me 10 years to read this beast of a book – but it was worth it

First published in 1941, Rebecca West’s Black Lamb and Grey Falcon is not quite War and Peace. But it comes close

The Guardian - UK

Though rarely heretical, Richard Flanagan’s essays have a ferocious moral force

Richard Flanagan’s latest book Heresies is a collection of 24 occasional pieces published between 2009 and 2025. They cover a range of topics dear to the author’s heart but also display the deep thinking and reading of one of Australia’s leading writers.

The Conversation

An extraordinary book about the Nuremberg women casts new light on history’s darkest crimes

THE READING LIST: Natalie Livingstone’s study of the trial that brought the Nazis to justice puts valiant women at the forefront of the story for the first time, writes Geordie Greig. The vital part that women played in this final reckoning can no longer be forgotten

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Beat the January Blues With This Dopamine Menu for Home Lovers – Small Daily Actions to Bring Joy and Stimulate Wellbeing

A dopamine menu can encourage positivity, from quick-and-easy endorphin boosts to planting longer-term seeds for finding happiness at home

Homes & Gardens

The Guardian view on the 2025 Booker prize: bringing posh bingo to the BookTok generation

Editorial: With this year’s shortlist announced live to the public, Britain’s most prestigious literary award is finding ways to engage new audiences

The Guardian - UK

"Je Suis Charlie"

A nice headline for a Free Press editorial, drawing the entirely coincidental verbal connection to the aftermath of the Charlie… The post "Je Suis Charlie" appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

History in the making: inside the Nuremberg trials

Uwe Neumahr’s The Writers’ Castle, translated by Jefferson Chase, is about the reporting of the Nuremberg war crimes trial in 1945-6. The title refers to a mock castle outside Nuremberg where most journalists lived and worked when not in the courtroom. (A number who didn’t get in wrote as if…

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9 Things Professional Organizers Say Never to Spend Your Money on for the Holidays

Consider this the opposite of a shopping list and stick to it for a clutter-free home post-holiday season

Livingetc

How to Declutter When You Feel Overwhelmed — 10 Tips to Help You Through Clearing Things Out

These valuable tips are worth a read if you ever feel overstimulated while decluttering your home

Livingetc

Quolls and bettongs join bilbies and bandicoots as locally extinct species reintroduced to NSW national park

‘It’s like time-travelling,’ says Dr Rebecca West – ‘we’re reversing and going back to what it would have been like 200 years ago’

The Guardian - AU

Newcastle High School P&C slams 'blatant disregard' for student safety

The school has been waiting eight years for pedestrian crossings.

Newcastle Herald

The atomic bomb and a near-death experience shadow Richard Flanagan's autobiographical Question 7

The most astonishing and accomplished sequence in Richard Flanagan’s Question 7 arrives near the book’s end, as he describes the near-death experience that inspired his first novel, Death of a River Guide, published in 1994.

The Conversation

Beyond the fence: what does it mean to rewild the Australian desert?

Rewilding is core to conservation efforts around the world. In Australia’s threatened but intact deserts, where do people fit in with the strategy?

The Guardian - AU

Overlooked women writers finally recognised with new Edinburgh plaques

FIVE Edinburgh-born women writers have been recognised with commemorative plaques and the donation of their books to 15 public libraries across the…

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To reach net zero the world still needs mining. After 26 years, here’s what I’ve learned about this ‘evil’ industry

On the wooded hill above the Stan Terg lead and zinc mine in Kosovo, there is an old concrete diving platform looming over what was once an open-air swimming pool. Before the break-up of Yugoslavia, people who worked at the mine would bring their families here to swim, sunbathe on…

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Golden bandicoots released in Sturt National Park after century of local extinction

Twenty-seven native golden bandicoots have returned home to far north-west New South Wales, where they lived more than 100 years ago, until being wiped out in the region by rabbits, cats and foxes.

ABC News

The young couple restoring the lost treasures of Australia's desert

Meet the young couple living in one of the most remote areas in Australia, where the closest shops are a 12-hour drive away, all in the name of helping save our endangered animals.

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