The Godfather: Peter Corris on the History Channel
At the start of every week I run my eye along the offerings of Foxtel’s History Channel hoping to see a program that will interest me. Mostly, but not always, I find...
Read MoreAt the start of every week I run my eye along the offerings of Foxtel’s History Channel hoping to see a program that will interest me. Mostly, but not always, I find...
Read MoreHumphrey McQueen once claimed to have been the only person to have read Xavier Herbert’s massive novel Poor Fellow My Country (1975) from start to finish and I’ve never...
Read MoreSome time ago I wrote a column about how my defective eyesight had pushed me first to big print books and then to e-books where I could blow up the font on my e-reader....
Read MoreThe mind makes strange connections. Recently I was listening to a radio report on a breakthrough made by cardiac surgeons at the Victor Chang Institute in Sydney. My...
Read MoreReading habits differ; I know people who read only fiction and some who read only non-fiction. I know of one person who reads one of each in alternate reading sessions....
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