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
2014, 402 p. I’ve been dipping into books about Uruguay- a place I’ve never been- and about Jose (‘Pepe’) Mujica, the ex-President of Uruguay who died recently. I haven’t been able to find many English-language books about the Tupamaros, especially … Continue reading →| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
The Ezra Klein Show Best Of: Barbara Kingsolver on ‘Urban/Rural Antipathy’ This episode was recorded some time ago, when Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead had just been released (see my review of the book here) I knew that Kingsolver was from … Continue reading →| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
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, considered and stable presence on the world stage in … Continue reading →| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
Behind the Bastards Christmas Non-Bastard The Tupamaros of Uruguay Parts 1 and 2 This program delves into the ‘baddies’ but as part of their Christmas Good Cheer, they nominate a non-bastard, and in December 2021, that was Jose Mujica and … Continue reading →| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
As I have related several times in this blog over the years, when I was young I read Hans Christian Anderson’s The Snow Queen. In that story, a shard from an evil, broken mirror entered the eye of a little … Continue reading →| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
7.a.m. (Guardian) The Road to Yoorook is the first of a two-part series that was released at the same time as the Yoorook final report was handed to the Victorian government. The Yoorook truth-telling commission is the first one held … Continue reading →| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
I read this book some time ago, and reading back my review, written so carefully to avoid spoilers, I had no idea what the ‘twist’ was at the end of it. I shouldn’t have been so delphic! Anyway, I think … Continue reading →| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
Are there more books being published about the slide into dementia and confusion, or it just that I perceive it that way because of my own fears? Writer and academic Matthew Hooton is rather too young to be facing this … Continue reading →| The Resident Judge of Port Phillip
Background Briefing: Agents of Influence (ABC) Episode 3: The Man Whose Name is All Over Sydney We don’t have quite the same problem here in Melbourne but Len Ainsworth, the 101 year old King…| 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