Tag: Melbourne

Barry Larkin relived torch hoax

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On 9 January 2018, 82 year-old Barry Larkin returned to the scene of the crime, when he visited Sydney to be filmed by German/French

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Article in Magyar Élet

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My article appeared in the Australian-Hungarian newspaper on 5 October 2017. I’ve included a translation for the article. ________________________ The Revolution that almost did

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Red Faces at the Opera

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Before coming to Australia, the 87-member Chinese Classical Opera Company toured New Zealand and they were supposed to arrive in Melbourne on 19 November.

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Barely commercial Games

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While the Olympic Games might be big business today, in 1956 it was small beer, and many companies saw little value in associating their

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Under the Southern Skies

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Alexander Kuleshov arrived in Melbourne by ship on 7 November 1956, together with most of the Soviet team. “With mixed feelings we came to

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