By Dr Derham Groves Published on October 25, 2022 Westerns were all the rage after World War II. Most were filmed within 30 miles of Hollywood, but some filmmakers thought that a change of scenery might stop the popular genre from becoming stale. Many of the Spaghetti Westerns made in Europe are well known including A Fist Full of Dollars (1964) and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966).
By Dr Roslynne Bell Published on October 22, 2022 If you can identify your per se from your id est, or rattle off the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, test your wits against our Classics knowledge experts from the University of Melbourne. Answers are at the bottom of the page (no cheating) so you can see how you went. A vase showing athletes competing in Ancient Greece. Picture: Getty ImagesQUESTIONS
By Dr Shu Kee Lam Published on October 20, 2022 By 2050, we will need to feed a population of ten billion people, which is around 70 per cent more food than we currently produce. Factoring in the added challenges of climate change and ecosystem degradation, how can this extra food be produced without further damage to the natural environment? Nitrogen fertilisers are used to produce half the world’s food supply.
By Dr Sophie Rudolph Published on October 19, 2022 Flags are powerful cultural symbols of collective belonging. In a settler colonial context like Australia, official flags have political ramifications and open debate about how to understand our nation – its past and its present. Decisions as to which flags are represented in public places are, of course, deliberate, and connected to a long and contentious history. Flags are powerful cultural symbols of collective belonging.
By Dorothy Wickham Published on October 13, 2022 Last week, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and Australia’s Anthony Albanese met in Canberra for the first time, less than a month after Australia offered to fund Solomon Islands’ elections to avoid delay. Since Solomon Islands signed a security pact with China earlier this year, the country has garnered unprecedented global attention. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, Manasseh Sogavare.
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