I'm finally watching the Spielberg/Hanks mini-series "Band of Brothers" in the beautiful new blu-ray edition. It's stunning television and I can't wait for the expected sequel (of sorts): "The Pacific",…
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Andy Bull (good British name) talking about English cricket's nomads and imports in The Spin: There is no need to mark a dividing line between those who arrived as children and those…
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Nick Kristof in the New York Times on the choices facing Obama in Afghanistan: For the cost of a single additional soldier stationed in Afghanistan for one year, we could…
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Back before the days of "Iron Chef", "Masterchef" and "Hell’s Kitchen", television’s top food expert was a very tall, slightly ungainly, woman who sounded a little drunk. She was Julia…
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Four films are on the agenda this week and only time will tell this early in the season whether they are going to be genuine title contenders, gritty battlers hoping…
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Our Education Minister sets the bar for young New Zealanders so low she may actually get over it herself: "If they do nothing other than teach our children to read…
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