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Breaking News: The Golden Age of Graham Perkin by Ben Hills
Category: Biography Memoir
It is now more than 30 years since Graham Perkin's tragically premature death, but his legacy lives on in every corner of the Australian media. Perkin was, without question, the country's greatest editor of the 20th century. In his nine years at the helm of The Age , he transformed a venerable but morib ...Show more
Princess Masako: Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne by Ben Hills
Category: History
Diana, Princess of Wales, had it easy compared with another lonely princess, Crown Princess Masako of Japan. A thoroughly modern woman in collision with an ancient and unreformed system, Masako is a brilliant woman who sacrificed her career to marry a love-struck royal, Crown Prince Naruhito. Ben Hills' ...Show more
Princess Masako - Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne - The Tragic True Story of Japan's Crown Princess by Ben Hills
Category: Biography
"There are two families in Japan which you can never leave - The Yakuza (crime gangs) and the royal family..." Diana, Princess of Wales, had it easy compared with another lonely princess, Crown Princess Masako of Japan. A thoroughly modern woman in collision with an ancient and unreformed system ...Show more
Stop the Presses: How Greed, Ambition, Incompetence and the Internet Are Wrecking Fairfax by Ben Hills
Category: Australian History
How has the Fairfax empire arrived at its current shabby, sorry state - and what does its demise mean for the future of independent journalism? A decade ago Fairfax Media was one of the most powerful institutions in the country; staffed by gun reporters, funded by its 'rivers of gold', offering up high ...Show more
The Island Of The Ancients - Eat, Drink And Live To 100 by Ben Hills
Category: Travel
"Why is it that the inhabitants of the Mediterranean island of Sardinia are two or three times as likely as any other people on earth to reach 100? Is it a longevity gene inherited from mysterious Neolithic ancestors? Is it a frugal diet of organic produce, or the legacy of a life of hard physical work ...Show more
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