Month: June 2012
Why Do We Demonise Asylum Seekers?
I was recently at a luncheon where a man at the back of the room stood to make a very opinionated statement to the speaker (rather than ask a question) about the evils of illegal immigrants. He threatened to hijack the luncheon and, in the same way as politicians on both sides of parliament currently […]
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Archibald Prize 2012
We set off this morning to the Yarra Valley to visit the Tarrawarra Gallery to see an exhibition of the finalists for the Archibald Prize for 2012. (The Archibald Prize is awarded each year for outstanding portrait painting). It was a very cold morning – only about 5 degrees but the sunshine, all be it […]
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Aging Eyesight
Sometimes when you are older, it is still better to try to read the small print edition, than it would be to change to the large print size!
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