http://www.crikey.com.au now with extra source Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/31/memo-to-pyne-youre-reading-the-wrong-history-curriculum/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/31/memo-to-pyne-youre-reading-the-wrong-history-curriculum/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:53:22 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=199804 Tony Taylor co-editor of the upcoming History Wars and the Classroom: Global Perspectives.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/31/memo-to-pyne-youre-reading-the-wrong-history-curriculum/feed/ 104 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/April-11-1954-was-most-boring-day-in-history/articleshow/6994947.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/April-11-1954-was-most-boring-day-in-history/articleshow/6994947.cms#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 01:47:27 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=190308 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/April-11-1954-was-most-boring-day-in-history/articleshow/6994947.cms/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/08/daily-proposition-see-a-greek-tragedy-thatd-take-freud-years-to-untangle/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/08/daily-proposition-see-a-greek-tragedy-thatd-take-freud-years-to-untangle/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 03:17:31 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=144413 The Simpsons look run-of-the mill, says Lloyd Bradford Syke. Enjoy a bloody night out with STC's Residents.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/08/daily-proposition-see-a-greek-tragedy-thatd-take-freud-years-to-untangle/feed/ 5 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/02/daily-proposition-learn-how-to-shave-with-a-straight-razor/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/02/daily-proposition-learn-how-to-shave-with-a-straight-razor/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:08:43 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=143003 Mark Andrews.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/02/daily-proposition-learn-how-to-shave-with-a-straight-razor/feed/ 11 http://www.wilsonquarterly.com/blog/index.cfm/Current_Books/2010/5/18/Celebrity-Jane http://www.wilsonquarterly.com/blog/index.cfm/Current_Books/2010/5/18/Celebrity-Jane#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 01:30:46 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=141019 http://www.wilsonquarterly.com/blog/index.cfm/Current_Books/2010/5/18/Celebrity-Jane/feed/ 0 http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2010/05/pac-man-30-years/ http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2010/05/pac-man-30-years/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 03:09:42 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=140781 Wired has a great interview with its creator Toru Iwatani about how the game came to life.]]> http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2010/05/pac-man-30-years/feed/ 0 http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2010/05/24/100524crat_atlarge_gopnik?currentPage=all http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2010/05/24/100524crat_atlarge_gopnik?currentPage=all#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 02:01:39 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=140342 Adam Gopnik goes searching through the texts to find some truth.]]> http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2010/05/24/100524crat_atlarge_gopnik?currentPage=all/feed/ 0 http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6480 http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6480#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 03:18:17 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=139960 http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6480/feed/ 0 http://poynterplayground.com/200moments/ http://poynterplayground.com/200moments/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 05:06:25 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=139506 http://poynterplayground.com/200moments/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/18/daily-proposition-read-the-dark-fascinating-history-of-manning-clark/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/18/daily-proposition-read-the-dark-fascinating-history-of-manning-clark/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 03:09:17 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=139203 Brendan Gullifer.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/18/daily-proposition-read-the-dark-fascinating-history-of-manning-clark/feed/ 1 http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/05/14/the_dark_side_of_cricket http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/05/14/the_dark_side_of_cricket#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 03:03:10 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=139045 http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/05/14/the_dark_side_of_cricket/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/12/richardson-the-unhappy-history-of-british-coalitions/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/12/richardson-the-unhappy-history-of-british-coalitions/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 03:24:32 +0000 Charles Richardson http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=137855 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/12/richardson-the-unhappy-history-of-british-coalitions/feed/ 13 http://www.boston.com/ae/media/articles/2010/05/11/when_a_being_a_journalist_on_the_rise_was_a_glass_half_filled_job/ http://www.boston.com/ae/media/articles/2010/05/11/when_a_being_a_journalist_on_the_rise_was_a_glass_half_filled_job/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 02:03:21 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=137864 Alex Beam reminisces on cutting his news industry chops at Newsweek in the 1970s: it was "like an upside-down journalism school" where he learned lots of bad habits -- like poaching content from TIME.]]> http://www.boston.com/ae/media/articles/2010/05/11/when_a_being_a_journalist_on_the_rise_was_a_glass_half_filled_job/feed/ 0 http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/05/the-dark-side-of-dickens/8031/ http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/05/the-dark-side-of-dickens/8031/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:49:05 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=134336 Christopher Hitchens. Still: who better to write about lives of misery and misfortune than someone who knew it so well?]]> http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/05/the-dark-side-of-dickens/8031/feed/ 0 http://www.salon.com/life/parenting/index.html?story=/mwt/feature/2010/04/26/pacifier_anxiety http://www.salon.com/life/parenting/index.html?story=/mwt/feature/2010/04/26/pacifier_anxiety#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:53:14 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=133929 http://www.salon.com/life/parenting/index.html?story=/mwt/feature/2010/04/26/pacifier_anxiety/feed/ 0 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/colours-in-cultures/ http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/colours-in-cultures/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:28:10 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=133783 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/colours-in-cultures/feed/ 0 http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/apr/19/our-giant-banking-crisis/?pagination=false http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/apr/19/our-giant-banking-crisis/?pagination=false#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:53:22 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=133429 Robin Wells and Paul Krugman: they follow a well-worn script that countries have been re-enacting for centuries.]]> http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/apr/19/our-giant-banking-crisis/?pagination=false/feed/ 0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2010/04/25/the-teachings-of-failure/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2010/04/25/the-teachings-of-failure/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:34:46 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=133410 that one before, yawns journalism and tech industry vet Doc Searls with a few lessons in internet history.]]> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2010/04/25/the-teachings-of-failure/feed/ 0 http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/apr/17/christopher-hitchens-re-reads-animal-farm http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/apr/17/christopher-hitchens-re-reads-animal-farm#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:22:08 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=133402 Christopher Hitchens re-reads George Orwell's timeless dystopian novel Animal Farm: 65 years on, there's still a lot to learn from a pen of power-hungry pigs.]]> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/apr/17/christopher-hitchens-re-reads-animal-farm/feed/ 0 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/21/iceland-volcano-ash-extinction-human-race http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/21/iceland-volcano-ash-extinction-human-race#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:30:23 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=133018 lucky to get off with some delayed flights and bad weather after Iceland's volcano erupted, explains Simon Winchester: the next one could wipe out the human race.]]> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/21/iceland-volcano-ash-extinction-human-race/feed/ 0 http://www.slate.com/id/2251429/pagenum/all/ http://www.slate.com/id/2251429/pagenum/all/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:14:46 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=132961 kept forever by the US Library of Congress. This takes digital archiving to a whole new level, but is it actually making it harder for future historians? ]]> http://www.slate.com/id/2251429/pagenum/all/feed/ 0 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/15/AR2010041503706.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/15/AR2010041503706.html#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:19:34 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=132631 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/15/AR2010041503706.html/feed/ 0 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/7613925/Roots-of-Islamic-fundamentalism-lie-in-Nazi-propaganda-for-Arab-world-book-claims.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/7613925/Roots-of-Islamic-fundamentalism-lie-in-Nazi-propaganda-for-Arab-world-book-claims.html#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:58:05 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=132592 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/7613925/Roots-of-Islamic-fundamentalism-lie-in-Nazi-propaganda-for-Arab-world-book-claims.html/feed/ 0 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/ben_macintyre/article7102181.ece http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/ben_macintyre/article7102181.ece#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:44:47 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=132367 Ben Macintyre looks at some of history's best political slogans, and what made them stick in voters' minds.]]> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/ben_macintyre/article7102181.ece/feed/ 0 http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/hitler-reading?nopager=0 http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/hitler-reading?nopager=0#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:09:49 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=132270 Michael McDonald. A new book offers a peak at the shelves of the Nazi leader's 16,000-volume library. So how much can you really tell about a man from what he reads?]]> http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/hitler-reading?nopager=0/feed/ 0