Culture

  • House of Saud: rotting from the inside

    The Rise, Corruption and Coming Fall of the House of SaudBy Said AburishBloomsbury Publishing Co, 1995 (pb)Reviewed by Adam Hanieh Saudi Arabia is a country that conjures up many varied images. Oil, desert, camels, and Islam combine to form the

  • Life of Riley

    Confessions of a rabbit fancier You may dote on cats (for reasons best known to yourself) or harbor a passion for domesticated canines ... but I love rabbits. Instead of all that meowing and barking, give me a bunny fricasseed, baked or stewed. Such

  • Stylish and competent

    Nervous Arcs & The Body in TimeEdited by Spinifex Press1995, 239pp.Reviewed by Afrodity Giannakis Nervous Arcs & The Body in Time is a collection of poems by two Australian poets, Jordie Albiston and Diane Fahey. It is divided in two sub-collections:

  • The truth about hazardous pesticides

    Global Pesticide Campaigner (September 1995, Vol 5, No. 3)Pesticide Action Network, North American Regional CentreIndividual subscription rate US$25Reviewed by Dot Tumney This issue is mainly concerned with assessing the 10-year Dirty Dozen Campaign

  • A revolutionary of his time

    Tom Paine: A Political LifeBy John KeaneLittle, Brown and Co, 1995, 644 pp., $48.95 (hb)Reviewed by Phil Shannon Thomas Paine was cheered by millions of common folk back in the 18th century. He wrote what were perhaps the three political best-sellers

  • Good for a laugh

    Coming AttractionsBy Ted TallyNew Theatre, SydneyFri & Sat at 8pm and Sun at 5.30pm until December 23. $20/$15. Bookings 519 3403Reviewed by Lisa Macdonald Coming Attractions, the latest production of Sydney's New Theatre, is good entertainment. The

  • Radio highlights

    Yevgeny Yevtushenko — Yevtushenko was born in 1933 in Siberia, the son of a geologist. His first book of poems appeared in 1952 and he has published a huge amount since. Yevtushenko has had a high political profile as a democratic socialist

  • All you want to know about chemicals

    How to Research Chemicals: A Resource GuideBy Maria B. PelleranoEnvironmental Research FoundationJune 1995US$10 + $7 postageReviewed by Dot Tumney This is produced by the same people as Rachel's Environmental and Health Weekly which is a regularly

  • Nostradamus' Media Watch

    Craig Cormick Based on highly reliable international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe. Nigeria forms new heads of

  • On the box

    Programs of interest on Sydney Community TV (UHF 31) — Perleeka, indigenous Australians' program, nightly, 7pm. Art Experimenta, Mondays, 8pm and 11.30pm, and Tuesdays, 3am and 6.30am. Bent TV, Gay and lesbian program, Thursdays, 10.30pm and

  • A choir with a political message

    By Bronwen Beechey MELBOURNE — In 1907, miners in the nitrate mines of northern Chile went on strike against their deplorable conditions. Eighteen thousand workers and their families marched to the port of Santa Maria de Iquique to seek support. On

  • The CPA's campaigning history

    By Audrey Johnson SYDNEY — A week-long exhibition of Communist Party history was held mid-November at the Tom Nelson Hall to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the party in Australia. From a collection of CP memorabilia, the exhibition