World Affairs: Australasia

The reds are revolting

My affair with the red wines of Australia lasted long after I left its shores. Our love was ruined by the industry’s greed for ever bigger global markets

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People's protest clogs city

Life in London slowed down as hotspots of protests sprang up in different parts of the city

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What G20 countries want

As the leaders of the world's biggest economies gather in London we look at some of the competing demands of the G20 nations

Penfriend

How a bond formed at 13 with an Australian penfriend led Victoria Brignell to embark on a deception that has lasted two decades

Low charisma, high values

Paola Totaro, London bureau chief for the Sydney Morning Herald, is baffled as to why Gordon Brown gets such a bad press

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Australia’s underbelly

Fond memories of the lurid world of “Ozploitation” cinema
Not Quite Hollywood (18)
dir: Mark Hartley

Worried Will Young

The best of the politics blogs as brought to you by Paul Evans

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Listening to the desert

So is New Labour dead or not?

When is a party dead? Paul Evans brings us the best of the politics blogs from domestic politics through to the outrage this week in Mumbai

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Days of sunshine and grace

Sep was tall, handsome and languid, with a laconic half-smile like Errol Flynn's. On Saturdays he would show us slick dives off a Bondi bogie hole. John Pilger on a star that the world never knew

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