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The Bali Nine, Indonesia and state-sanctioned violence

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Many Australians are understandably appalled by the brutal and pointless executions of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. The death penalty looks anachronistic and ineffective at the best of times, but to kill two people who had clearly made the most of their long periods of incarceration to transform themselves and make amends for their actions...

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Dressing down the rabbit hole – how to become Alice in Wonderland

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imageFearne Cotton photographed for a Wonderland-inspired magazine shoot, 2006. © Ellis Parrinder

The blue dress, the blonde hair, the white apron and the sense of adventure: Alice in Wonderland has certainly leapt free of Lewis Carroll’s pages into our imaginations, onto our screens and stages and beyond. These days, it’s a fairly...

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