‘Brothers in arms, a long way from home’: the first Australians to fight fascism overseas
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The discovery of a rare photo from the Spanish civil war raises questions about why volunteers from Australia are not commemorated
April 2023
This Anzac Day, beware politicians glossing over war’s evils to justify further military adventurism | Paul Daley
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Politicians will always sanitise the prosaic horror of combat death – and the ugly human fallout on the families of veterans
As Anzac Day arrives again with its hardy perennial of hyperbole about how a failed military operation on an obscure finger of the Ottoman Empire birthed the Australian nation, one soldier’s words particularly resonate.
Unable to read, I listened – and found out just what an imperfect reader I am | Paul Daley
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Whole episodes I’d forgotten were revealed to me. The main character became a whole new person
A sudden, severe eye infection had sidelined me. It rendered my eyes painfully photo-sensitive. The sunlight was excruciating. So, too, screens for more than a minute or so. This meant no dog walking. No TV. No writing. No reading.