Five-time Oscar-winning composer John Barry has passed away, age 77. Barry’s most famous compositions include James Bond themes for From Russia With Love and On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and a plethora of other film scores including Out of Africa and Dances With Wolves. Here is a mash-up of his greatest hits.
February, 2011
Crikey Says: The real revolution is a real-time revolution
Revolutions aren’t what they used to be. News and analysis of historic events now unfolds in modules of minutes/hours, not months/years. And it is delivered by instantaneous media; no waiting for the history books to be written.
aviation industry 
Is Jetstar going for Virgin Blue from below?
Most travellers would have been surprised by the announcement that Jetstar Asia and Valuair are starting to codeshare with Qantas, because they would have assumed they always had, writes Ben Sandilands.
When a meal is more than the sum of its parts
Sometimes the experience surrounding the eating of a nice meal - say, having it cooked and served by your grandma - is more important than the eating itself. Meals on the road are similar, including a delicious feed of korrthu gobbled down by Scott Bridges in Sri Lanka.
Essential: 51-49 to Coalition
The latest weekly Essential Research poll shows no change on last week: the Coalition is on 45% of the primary vote, Labor is on 37% and the Greens are on 11%, writes William Bowe.
