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So Now the Classics Are Far Right

I loved the classics growing up. I followed the writings of Roald Dahl and CS Lewis. I also developed a love of the Victorian classics. From Oliver Twist to Sherlock Holmes I became acquainted with the literature of the Industrial era which gave me a window into the attitudes and

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The Young Rupert Murdoch Knew What He Wanted

The Young Rupert Murdoch Knew What He Wanted

Rodney Tiffen University of Sydney theconversation.com Nearly every biographical commentary on Rupert Murdoch notes how he began with a modest inheritance in Adelaide, principally an afternoon newspaper, and built it into a global multimedia empire. Walter Marsh’s book Young Rupert: The Making of the Murdoch Empire has the

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The Wuhan Cover Up, by RFKJr.

The Wuhan Cover Up, by RFKJr.

Robert Malone brownstone.org Robert W. Malone is a physician and biochemist. His work focuses on mRNA technology, pharmaceuticals, and drug repurposing research. You can find him at Substack and Gettr The title of US Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new book, The Wuhan Cover Up, does not

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

More than 100 copies of the Duke of Sussex’s memoir have been abandoned by holidaymakers abroad so far this summer. On The Beach, the online tour operator, said that it received discarded copies of Spare from the myriad resorts it works within Spain, Turkey and Greece. Zoe Harris, the

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An Obit for a Public Figure

Richard Kelly Richard Kelly, a retired 60 yo, born and bred in Melbourne. He spent a couple of years as a mathematics teacher before moving into Insurance and Superannuation/Investments first as a trainee actuary and then as a business analyst with some of the largest institutions in Australia and

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A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

Axelheart I travelled to Paris in my early twenties – while on the quintessential OE based in England – visiting the usual tourist spots, including Versailles. Despite my ignorance of the background of the French Revolution, one doesn’t need a history degree when confronted with the magnitude of the Palace of

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Shouting Across the Ditch

Shouting Across the Ditch

The collected Lushington D. Brady Vol. 1 Review Let me start by coming clean. I am anything but an impartial reviewer. If there was a Lushington D.  Brady Fan Club, I’d be a life member. I still remember the day I read his first column on what was then

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Let There Be Sound

Brownstone Institute The Brownstone Institute for Social and Economic Research is a nonprofit organization conceived of in May 2021 in support of a society that minimizes the role of violence in public life. brownstone.org Brownstone Institute has recently taken its first step into the world of audiobooks, joining a

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Shouting Across the Ditch – A Review

Shouting Across the Ditch – A Review

Shouting Across the Ditch: The Collected Lushington Brady Vol 1 is, as you guessed, the first volume of a collection of essays by BFD author Lushington D Brady. I have to admit I’m a bit of a Lushington fanboy so you have to excuse me for being a tad

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The Three Winners of our Give Away Are…

The Three Winners of our Give Away Are…

We have come to the end of yet another fantastic book giveaway for our members. The prizes are three copies of Roger Childs’ new book New Zealand’s History Curriculum – Education or Indoctrination? Today we are announcing the three lucky BFD members who won a book. We used an online

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We Have Three Copies of Educator Roger Childs’ New book ‘New Zealand’s History Curriculum – Education or Indoctrination?’ to Give Away

We Have Three Copies of Educator Roger Childs’ New book ‘New Zealand’s History Curriculum – Education or Indoctrination?’ to Give Away

We are running yet another fantastic book giveaway for our members. We have three copies of educator Roger Childs’ new book ‘New Zealand’s History Curriculum – Education or Indoctrination?’ to give away. Book Review: On the 10th of April, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members.

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The Ministry of Inclusion Excludes More Books

The Ministry of Inclusion Excludes More Books

Matthew J. Franck mercatornet.com Matthew J. Franck is Contributing Editor of Public Discourse. He is also Associate Director of the James Madison Program and Lecturer in Politics at Princeton University, Senior Fellow at the Witherspoon Institute, and Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Radford University, where he chaired the

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We Have Three Copies of Educator Roger Childs’ New book ‘New Zealand’s History Curriculum – Education or Indoctrination?’ to Give Away

We Have Three Copies of Educator Roger Childs’ New book ‘New Zealand’s History Curriculum – Education or Indoctrination?’ to Give Away

We are running yet another fantastic book giveaway for our members. We have three copies of educator Roger Childs’ new book ‘New Zealand’s History Curriculum – Education or Indoctrination?’ to give away. Book Review: On the 10th of April, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members.

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The BFD Food Column: Dishoom, from Bombay with Love

The BFD Food Column: Dishoom, from Bombay with Love

I recently attained the grand age of 62 years old and to my delight received a beauty of a cookbook as a birthday present from my youngest daughter Mika and her man Shahar. Shahar, just back from a business junket in London, was lucky enough to be wined and dined

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We Have Three Copies of Educator Roger Childs’ New book ‘New Zealand’s History Curriculum – Education or Indoctrination?’ to Give Away

We Have Three Copies of Educator Roger Childs’ New book ‘New Zealand’s History Curriculum – Education or Indoctrination?’ to Give Away

We are running yet another fantastic book giveaway for our members. We have three copies of educator Roger Childs’ new book ‘New Zealand’s History Curriculum – Education or Indoctrination?’ to give away. Book Review: On the 10th of April, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members.

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