by NRB | 14 Jul 2017 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
While I enjoyed and profited from my 13 years of schooling, I was aware that in some ways school was a prison. Some people felt this strongly and left as soon as they could. I felt it only faintly and occasionally. But you were there from 9 am to 3.30 pm and woe...
by NRB | 30 Aug 2013 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
Published next week, Dr Philip Nitschke’s autobiography Damned If I Do (Melbourne University Press) represents my third attempt to collaborate with him.* Some years ago, after I’d successfully and enjoyably carried out similar exercises with Fred Hollows,...
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