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My friend *cough* Daphne Silverspoon (with a silent and invisible ‘e’ at the end) has written a very delightful children’s e-book which she has made available for free download. I know what you’re thinking. You can’t go anywhere these days […]

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If you’re a nervous creature like me you’ve probably found yourself at some point watching a scientist on the telly talking about a such-and-such particle smasher that they are hoping to use to recreate the Big Bang and thought, ‘Geez I hope they know what they’re doing with that thing.’
Well you’re not alone because the […]

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We turn everything (except the fridge) off during Earth Hour. It’s a very long hour. We spend it walking around our balcony and noting which neighbours still have their lights on. We then grumble about them and go to bed feeling very self righteous
 
 
 

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Taken by LittleSquib, age 4

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This volume will be launched tomorrow night with a talk by Les Murray and Frank Sheehan. I believe there is also going to be something on ABC’s Stateline about it too
[warning: shamless self-plug to follow] Inside, you will find possibly the first ever short story written about strata title (I promise it’s more fun than […]

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Just finished reading this novella by Italo Calvino about the Viscount Medardo of Terralba and what happens after a cannonball splits him asunder. It reminds me very much of the Baron Munchausen (I remember him riding half a horse). This is absurdist picaresque storytelling at its best
The impending sense of doom at the beginning, ably aided by his […]

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Cover the tissue box hole with cardboard. Cut the front doors. Paint the box blue. Find a picture of the tardis and print out the windows and other bits, then stick on. The light on top is a bit tricky. I used a Jurlique lid and some blue cardboard but you could easily make a […]

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The Worst of Perth have collected, amongst other things, a wonderful selection of some of the most architecturally woeful churches in Perth.  I particularly liked this one

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This song came out when I was in year 12 so it always reminds me of High School. I noticed one of the comments on YouTube was ‘this was released 5 months before i was born. its really wierd (sic) to see how much music has changed since then’. This made me think, goodness, even infants […]

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but we were all walking our dog at a nearby park
I am beginning to think that this could be a conspiracy

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