The remarkable story of TS Eliot’s late love affairDetails of poet TS Eliot’s love life come to light with the release of scrapbooks he made with his younger lover, Valerie Fletcher.
May, 2009
Mocking Obama: only The Onion get it
Satirical newspaper The Onion are the only ones who have worked out how to send up the new President, says The Economist.
Tracking swine flu with social media
Dr Craig Dalton explains how he’s using the Internet and social media to track the spread of indfluenze across Australia.
Pringles: we aren’t chips, seriously!
Makers of snack-food Pringles have unsuccessfully tried to argue their product is not a potato chip to avoid paying $31 million of taxes in the UK each year.
More than 200 MPs employ family members — and claim for it
An investigation by The Sunday Telegraph has established that many of the MPs — more than 200 in total — who employ relatives have been able to claim extra expenses.
How safe are those green bags?
The plastics industry are raising concerns about the hygiene of the reusable shopping bags that are increasingly replacing plastic bags at supermarkets. Of course they are. But are they right?
Cubans move beyond Castro
With Fidel Castro staying out of the public spotlight, ordinary are moving on, says Marifeli Pérez-Stable.
Indonesia comes down with election fever
The seven-week race for the Indonsian Presidency has kicked off.
Video of the Day: Sorry I’m late: a lovely stop-motion film
A little film created with stop-motion — and presumably a lot of patience.
Shock, horror: Kerry O’Brien has political views
While Gerard Henderson is perturbed, is it terribly troubling news to learn that Kerry O’Brien might have certain political opinions?
Keffiyeh: Made in Palestine
The keffiyah: the scarf once a symbol of Palestinian nationalism and now an item of tragic Western hipster fashion. Monocle visits the last Palestinian keffiyeh factory, now in competition with cheaper Chinese manufacturers.
Australian manufacturing in record decline
Australia’s manufacturing industry is at a cross-roads: it’s sinking fast, but a new research centre at Swinburne Uni might offer a glimmer of hope.
graph pr0n Where is unemployment hitting hardest?
Queensland seems to be the place where unemployment is hitting the hardest, at least at the electorate level. Possum crunches the dole data.
Government tests the power of positive thought
Can the government’s efforts to keep public discourse on the economy positive minimise the impact of the recession? asks Ross Gittins.
Face off: The World Beard Championships
Alaska played host to the World Beard and Moustache Championships recently, with some of Earth’s finest hairy horticulture on display.
Cannes wraps; Samson & Delilah takes Camera d’Or
The Palme d’Or went to director Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon. But Australia’s Samson & Delilah did not leave empty handed. Read Cinetology’s interview with director Warwick Thornton.
Paul McCartney blocks Street View
Spoil-sport Sir Paul has had his swinging London pad removed from Google Street View.
The West Wing of iPhone apps
Marc Ambinder runs down the top 10 Jesus Phone apps for Washington insiders.
Britain’s war on football indecency
Duleep Allirajah defends his Democratic right to sing really offensive songs at the footy.
Veterans of secret psychedelic tests want answers
Former American soldiers are filing a suit against the CIA and US Army, claiming they were used as human lab rats to test hundreds of chemical and biological substances in the ’70s.
We are a nation of law: Powell takes on Cheney
Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell made an appearance on CBS’ Face the Nation, hitting back at Dick Cheney and other critics Obama’s plan to close Guantanamo.
Israelis back immediate Iran strike
Fifty-one per cent of Israelis would back an immediate attack on the nuclear facilities of Iran.
Breakfast Media Wrap: Some questions of spin
Richard Farmer dishes out the best of the morning media — sunny-side up with free refills.
CCTV: London mayor Boris’s near-death cycling experience
London Mayor Boris Johnson wants to get more people on their bikes. But it almost proved a policy to die for.
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JFK’s own Monica Lewinski breaks silence
Mimi Beardsley Alford, who had an affair with John F. Kennedy while she was an intern in the White House, has decided to write a memoir.
