Monthly Archives: January 2020

NOTHING NEW

Nothing New: A History of Second Hand is light and cheerful reading,  full of Robyn Annear’s usual sparkling anecdotes. But there is also enough substance to get me thinking very seriously and personally about waste. Robyn makes it clear that … Continue reading

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WARLIGHT

In 1945 our parents went away and left us in the care of two men who may have been criminals… I read the whole of Warlight over one day on a visit to Melbourne, on V-line country trains and on … Continue reading

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SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL

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NEW YEAR

It’s a new year – it has been for a couple of weeks now – but with the pall of smoke reaching here all the way from the fire grounds in Victoria and New South Wales, thousands of homes lost, … Continue reading

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