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Australia
Phillip was born in Australia and has written a critically acclaimed book about the country: Australia - A Biography of a Nation. Despite having lived in England for 50 years now, he retains strong ties and often writes about his homeland, always with a strong sense of pride. Here is just a small selection of those articles:
- The Independent, 14 December 2005
The race riots on Sydney's beaches - Anglo-Australians ("Aussies") versus Lebanese ("Lebs") - have repercussions far beyond a drink fuelled punch-up on a sweltering summer week-end. [more...]
- The Daily Mail, 7 September 2005
It does not matter whether England or Australia triumphs in the fifth Test which begins at the Oval tomorrow - the significance of this clash of two cricketing titans has already been established. England is again a power in the game and Australia is the struggling underdog. I see this this an early sign that England and Australia are trading places, not just in sport but in other walks of life as well. [more...]
- The Times, 11 October 2003
We can handle six weeks of World Cup rugby but can we survive six weeks of Australia? [more...]
- The Bulletin, November 2003
[Book Review] This is history at its sparkling best--interesting, enlightening, painstaking and objective. If you want to know about prime ministers and politicians, wars and class, economics and production, religion and sport, then look elsewhere. This is a book about people, ordinary Australians, and how they organised their daily life a long while ago. [more...]
- The Daily Mail, 24 November 2003
The Rugby World Cup has ended with sweet, sweet victory for England and mortification for Australia. For weeks the Aussies have been accusing the Poms of being “smug” and “arrogant”, of playing “boring and unimaginative” rugby, of being “miserable people living in a cold, old country”. Will England now justifiably rub the Australians’ faces in the mud? And will relations between the two countries never be the same again? [more...]
- The scene is familiar to everyone who has watched a Hollywood Western. The lone cowboy has just made camp and is heating his beans and brewing his coffee when a cloud of dust on the horizon or the distance sound of hoofbeats indicates that someone is approaching. The cowboy douses his fire and immediately reaches for his gun. [more...]
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