2025, 97 p & notes I’ve been thinking recently of public displays of grief after a leader has died. Some weeks ago, the ex-President of Uruguay Jose Mujica died, and I was struck by the s…| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
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Despite its modest 300 pages, this book covers a huge scope, covering three hundred years over two continents: Africa and America. It opens in Ghana in the mid 18th century, with two half-sisters who are unknown to each other. One … Continue reading →| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
The Rest is History Episode 576 The Irish War of Independence Part I. The Rise of the IRA Between 1909-11 Britain wanted to give Home Rule, but the Northern Irish unionists didn’t want it. World War I froze any progress … Continue reading →| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
2025, 227 p. I feel a bit as if I’ve come half-way into a conversation with this book, because this memoir by Mandy Sayer is in fact her fourth (no fear of an unexamined life, here). But alth…| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
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History Hit The Surrender of Japan In the broadcast to mark the surrender of Japan on August 15th, 1945 Emperor Hirohito’s voice crackled over Japanese airwaves to announce the unthinkable – the surrender of Japan. It was the first voice … Continue reading →| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
This is a dialogue between the ex-president of Uruguay, Jose Mujica, and Kintto Lucas, a journalist, writer and Vice-Chancellor and Ambassador for Uruguay under Mujica’s government. As Lucas explains in the introduction, he first met Mujica in the Punta Carretas … Continue reading →| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
Rear Vision (ABC) 2014 and Ukraine’s relationship with Russia. This is a replay of an episode from 2014, just as Russia had invaded Crimea. It all seems rather prophetic now. Ukraine was the …| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
4 posts published by residentjudge during September 2025| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
I read in succession two books that start off with the sudden death of a middle aged man, and writing this review some time (too long) after reading the book, I find myself getting confused between this book and J. … Continue reading →| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
The Rest is History Episode 583 The Lion, the Priest and the Parlourmaids: A 1930s Sex Scandal The story of Harold Davidson, the Rector of Stiffkey (sometimes pronounced ‘stuckey’ for s…| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
Of for a little trip to Vietnam, where I will meet up with Dean, Jesse and the granddaughters. Once again, you can join me at See you on the other side.| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
Missing in the Amazon (Guardian) Episode 3: The protector and the poacher looks at Bruno Pereira, the indigenous expert who was killed along with Dom Phillips on the Javari river in western Brazil. Pereira was born in the city, but … Continue reading →| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
2025, 128 p. Since the Orange One has launched his mayhem on the world – did this second presidency really only start in January?- China and Xi Jinping are presenting themselves as a calm, co…| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
Missing in the Amazon (Guardian) Episode 3: The protector and the poacher looks at Bruno Pereira, the indigenous expert who was killed along with Dom Phillips on the Javari river in western Brazil. Pereira was born in the city, but was recruited to work with the forest people. When he was dismissed from FUNAI (National Indigenous People Foundation) , an indigenous rights foundation, he worked with EVU, established by his colleague Betto (?) and they patrolled the river, destroying the boats o...| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
2020, 284 p. Perhaps biographies are like buses….nothing for ages, and then two or three arrive all at once. Vida Goldstein, the subject of this 2020 biography by Jacqueline Kent, did not rec…| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
2020 (originally 2014) 256 p. I recently watched the Netflix series based on this book, and instantly wanted to read the memoir on which it was based. My curiosity was piqued by a comment in the &#…| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
