Married at First Sight NZ isn’t going to wow the entertainment world with its deep insights on the human character. “From my point of view, it’s just ice cream TV that I just stuff in my face and feel bad about afterwards,” says TV reviewer Karl Puschmann. But
Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Senior Creative Strategist of FEE.org at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org My wife and I are in the process of finishing Shogun, the new FX miniseries on Hulu based on James Clavell’s 1975 book. Shogun was one of the first
The British Empire, A Force For Good. By John McLean, Tross Publications. Reviewed by Crispin Caldicott This tome represents not just a labour of love, but at nearly 600 pages a massive piece of scholarship. 101 of the territories that made up the British Empire are investigated for their fortunes,
Lisa J. Hackett Lecturer, Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, University of New England Jo Coghlan Associate Professor Humanities Arts and Social Sciences University of New England Armidale NSW, University of New England Bridgerton watchers started questioning the show’s historical authenticity (again) even before the third season landed. But does
Title: Who Really Broke The Treaty? Author: John Robinson Genre: New Zealand History Publication Date: May 2024 Review by: Andy Oakley Author of ‘Once We Were One, the Fraud of Modern Separatism’, and ‘Cannons Creek to Waitangi, Te Pakeha’s Claim for Equality’ . In his latest book, prolific author John
Tiger Book Review: A brief history of time: from the big bang to black holes. Stephen Hawking ISBN 978-0-857-50100-4 This has been the most difficult book to write about. Why? Because I’m not sure I understood it. I do know that a man with a broken body and a
A Midwestern Doctor midwesterndoctor.com By all metrics, Covid-19 was one of, if not the biggest medical disaster in history. Yet, unlike every other past debacle, there has never been a professionally done documentary of why this happened – instead, each production has simply focused on how many people were killed
Paul Giles Professor of English, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, ACU Australian Catholic University Knife is Salman Rushdie’s account of how he narrowly survived an attempt on his life in August 2022, in which he lost his right eye and partial use of his left hand. The attack
brownstone.org [The following is Senator Rand Paul’s foreword to Jeffrey Tucker’s book, Life after Lockdown.] In Life after Lockdown, Jeffrey Tucker paints a picture of the living hell that was the government lockdown and outlines a roadmap for never again allowing such a police state to occur.
“Journalistic Ethics and Standards” cover principles and practices guiding journalists for responsible and accurate reporting. Here are some key points that any keen observer of the mainstream media (MSM) might have missed: * Truthfulness and Accuracy: Journalists strive to report the truth and provide accurate information. Factual reporting is essential, and
The Lower Hutt Library recently sent me an email to advise a book I had placed on reserve was now available. So I sped down to the local branch (Stokes Valley) to pick the book up, in the expectation I would be well entertained over the weekend. The book was
I’ll confess to a major SF heresy: I’ve never much liked the novel Dune. But I do like both film versions. Yes, that includes David Lynch’s. Lynch may have disowned the film, due to the trauma of working for De Laurentiis productions and the appalling, unauthorised, “director’
Debbie Lerman Debbie Lerman, 2023 Brownstone fellow, has a degree in English from Harvard. She is a retired science writer and a practicing artist in Philadelphia, PA. brownstone.org The Wuhan Cover-Up and the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race (Skyhorse Publishing, December 3, 2023) is a crucial book for understanding how
Tiger The First Fleet: The Convict Voyage that founded Australia 1787-1788 Author: Jonathan King ISBN 0-333-33855-3 I picked up a copy of this book at a local second-hand bookstore. It turns out it was signed by the author on the bicentenary of the fleet’s arrival at Port Jackson after
Jen Webb University of Canberra, Alice Gorman Flinders University Carol Lefevre University of Adelaide, Dennis Altman La Trobe University Hugh Breakey Griffith University, Julian Novitz Swinburne University of Technology Matthew Ricketson Deakin University, Oscar Davis Bond University Peter Mares Monash University, Tom Doig The University of Queensland Tony Hughes-d’Aeth
