Read the original handwritten, handdrawn Alice in Wonderland onlineAs the story gets a(nother) modern reworking on the silver screen, the British Library has posted the entire text and stunning images of Lewis Carroll’s original manuscript for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland online.
March, 2010
A Bali without bogans, touts or yoga
Ashlee Betteridge reports from Bali on its day of silence to mark the beginning of the Hindi Saka New Year. Yes, commercialism does take a back seat in Bali, at least once a year.
The anatomy of a fart
A proctologist explains everything you ever wanted to know about farts (and probably some stuff you really didn’t): what determines the smell? Why are some “squealers” and some “silent but deadly”? And a new one for us: the phenomena of “oops poops”.
When tiny planes attack! Presidential paranoia in the nation’s capital
Airservices Australia has taken the extraordinary step of banning model airplanes from entering Canberra airspace during next week’s planned visit of President Obama, reports Crikey intern Tom Cowie.
Guy Rundle: Where is the Mao, the Lenin for climate change?
Climate change is not an easy thing to argue. Scientists can’t boil it down, the rest take too much on trust. Where is the Communist Manifesto for saving the environment?
Myer over-priced as shareholders find out the hard way
The most surprising aspect of last year’s float of Myer was not that its performance has been horrid, but rather, than anyone thought buying a department store business from a private equity firm would be a good idea.
Spinning the Media: Five decades’ experience on the changing role of PR
Ben Sandilands looks the changes in media-PR relationship through the eyes of a reporter who spent 49 years on shipping, aviation and other rounds: the PR person is increasingly the reporter.
God and Aborigines under Abbott
The “Welcome to Country” skirmish was a call to Howard’s lost battlers: voters who deserted the Coalition for Labor at the last election, writes Dr Leslie Cannold.
Tasmania: Labor dials ‘M’ for electoral murder
When Labor loses government on Saturday, it might look to a nine-year-old girl from the north-west coast to begin to understand why, writes Bruce Montgomery.
Video of the Day: The future of publishing
Oh dear. It’s the death of publishing, with young people only caring about what Lady Gaga is wearing and hating the feel of books. Or is it?
Political snippets: When old leaders re-enter the political fold
Yet another appearance for the week by an old political leader, as Mark Latham makes a mockery of his old Labor Party’s My School website. That and more in today’s Chunky Briefs.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The patron saints of Parliament
Crikey readers suggest their choices for patron saints of Parliament. Will it be St Anthony of Egypt, Blessed Julia of Gillard or Saint Barnaby of Joyce?
Greece to Europe: subsidise our pain, now
Not only does Greece want Europe to underwrite its debt, it wants total control over how it draws down on that debt and how it uses it.
Business As Usual: Calling corporate plod … world’s renewable utility falls on tough times
Where is ASIC and the ASX when it comes to Corporate Express share prices? Plus, Solverdi Worldwide Limited, is about to find out if corporate death leads to renewal and other news from the business world.
Morning Market Report: Seven sessions and counting for rising Dow
The market is unchanged today. The SFE Futures were up 18 this morning.
Guy Rundle: Rundle’s UK: witnessing the KGB takeover of London media
Today, the UK Office of Fair Trading said that it will not investigate the proposed takeover of The Independent newspaper by Alexander Lebedev, billionaire and former global economics operative for the KGB, writes Guy Rundle.
Balance on climate change reporting: where does it lie at the ABC?
The term “objective reporting” is thrown around newsrooms and in public life as though it were a simple thing, easy to judge and obtain, but recent events at the ABC have led to angst at the most senior levels.
Media briefs: Greenpeace’s KitKat ad … Clarkson in top form on security
Greenpeace hasn’t quite got its social media strategy right. Plus, Jeremy Clarkson on airport security, front-page PR at the West Coast Sentinel and the latest industry news in today’s media briefs.
They did what? Party democracy sends a teenager into political battle
Party professionals on all sides are surprised a teenager has been given a crack at a marginal seat — but that’s party democracy for you.
SA election preview: a hot day in Adelaide, and Rann is feeling the heat
A year ago, they were cruising in the political equivalent of air-conditioned comfort. Now, Mike Rann and Labor hope for nothing more than to hang on, writes Michael Jacobs from Adelaide.
