Our Australian Family TraditionThe bustling and the hustling and the tantalizing aromas streaming ardently from the closed oven and the overpowering scent of excitement that thrums boldly in the air, the sibilant exhalation of the glad-wrap dispenser, the cutting and the chopping and the buttering, as the little silver knife ... More..
The media does not cause crime. Society - with its fallibility, mutability, inequalities, hypocrisies and prejudices does. The media only makes crime into a bloody spectator sport. It transforms ordinary citizens into the testosterone-charged, bloodthirsty gladiator audiences of ancient Rome, marveling in the brutal slaughter... More..
The Battle of Marathon of 490BC represented the first significant engagement between the two formidable ancient powers: Greece and Persia. Upon initial consideration, many historians concede that the conflict does lack the romantic grandeur and epic proportions of the legendary Trojan War or even the tragic heroism of the Spa... More..
Despite four decades of exhaustive investigations devoted to analyzing the haunting assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, the mystery remains obstinately undecipherable, the truth perhaps forever buried beneath the rubble of conspiracy theories and unsuccessful investigations. The questionable integrity of the investigati... More..
Of all that befell both the Romans and the Carthaginians, the cause was one man, and one mind Hannibal's. - PolybiusNo shortlist of the greatest generals in history would be complete without the name of Hannibal. Hannibal was a legendary Carthaginian warrior who was renowned for the brilliance of his military techniques and h... More..
Over the past century, the role of women has undergone a dramatic revolution. They are no longer the archetypal passive counterpart to their working husbands, spending their days cooking, cleaning and looking after their broods of cherubs. In today's society, in addition to these household chores, the mother must also don the... More..
Tess of the D'Urbervilles has often been interpreted as Thomas Hardy's criticism of the shortcomings of his society, denouncing the hypocritical nature of conventional morality, social stereotypes and the deplorable implications of Industrialisation. However, despite the novel's indisputable concern with the flawed context fr... More..
Archaeology today, involves not only a systematic and meticulous excavation, but perhaps more importantly, cooperation with a variety of specialist scientific and historical disciplines to analyse and synthesise evidence of the human past in a way that reflects history accurately. It is only through working collaboratively an... More..
Leprosy or Hansen's Disease, is a chronic infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae. It once affected every continent and it left behind a terrifying image in history and human memory - of mutilation, rejection and exclusion from society. The total of all the sufferers of its incurable disfigurement and ... More..
Terry George's Hotel Rwanda is a powerfully heart-wrenching film, depicting the eruption of ethnic tensions in the Rwanda Civil War of 1994, when Hutu extremists attempted to annihilate the Tutsi minority. As well as opening the eyes of the public to the genocide, Hotel Rwanda explores the vast psychological realms of human n... More..
Mimi Lu
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