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More than 100 famous works by Australian authors rescued from oblivion by literary heritage endeavour
Three-year project returns out-of-print classics – including six Miles Franklin winners – to circulation and into ebook format for the first time More than 160 books by noted Australian authors have been rescued from oblivion, including six winners of the Miles Franklin literary award. The three-year project, which culminated at the end of last year,…
LA wildfire causes ‘significant damage’ at school made famous by Hollywood
A well-known high school in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles has reportedly sustained “significant damage” as wildfires rage in the US city. Parts of Palisades Charter High School – which counts celebrities including Will.i.am and Forest Whitaker among its alumni and has itself been a Hollywood filming location – have been affected, local…
The year China’s famous road-tripping ‘auntie’ found freedom
Sixty-year-old Chinese grandmother Su Min had no intention of becoming a feminist icon. She was only trying to escape her abusive husband when she hit the road in 2020 in her white Volkswagen hatchback with a rooftop tent and her pension. “I felt like I could finally catch my breath,” she says, recalling the moment…
Maggie Smith, Liam Payne and the other famous people who died in 2024
The producer of the world’s bestselling LP, an Oscar-winning British actress who conquered screen and stage, a fearless Russian opposition politician and one of Ireland’s greatest novelists – here are some of the well-known faces no longer with us. Among those we remember are acting legend Dame Maggie Smith, former teen star Shannen Doherty, and…