Australian Ugliness critique of Canberra and culture
Canberra and other Australian centers are dissected for architectural featurism and urban planning flaws. Robin Boyd argues the sunlit modern public spaces reveal visual pretensions, from Parliament House to embassies, with Canberra’s unity eroded by shifting styles while Canberra eyes hope for renewed planning.
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Boyd
Canberra
Walter Burley Griffin
Griffin
Chicago School of Architecture
Frank Lloyd Wright
Parliament House
Wale
N.C.D
Ydney
Melbourne
Australia
Queensland
Surfers' Paradise
A. D. Ho
Variety in Violence in Trio of New Books
Review notes a trio of crime books this week led by John Creasey with Murder on the Line where Britain's railway pilferers are cleared up. The Chinese Box by Katherine Wigmore Eyre and The Treasure House of Martin Hewes by E Phillip Oppenheim are praised for melodrama and brisk plotting.
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John Kees
West
Scotland Yard
Britain
Creasey
Katherine Wigmore Eyre
Nob Hill
Martin Hews
Phillips Oppenheim
London
The Great Australian Ugliness Dust Cover Review
The dust cover for Robin Boyd's new book The Australian Ugliness signals a bold critique of postwar Australian architecture and design. It frames a stylistic critique linking mass housing, suburbs, and consumer culture to national identity.
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Robin Boyd
Ugl
We Still Have Pukka Sahibs The Vision Splendid review
A critical review of C. E. Lucas Phillips The Vision Splendid The Future of the Central African Federation. The writer labels the book jingoistic and imperialist yet acknowledges its thoroughness while faulting its stance on multi racial progress and white domination. The piece critiques Phillips for underestimating black progress and overemphasizing white authority.
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Central African Federation
C. E. Lucas Phillips
The
Lucas Phillips
Federation
Great Britain
Heinemann
Federated Territories
Wolf Pack by William Hardy review note
A brisk account of three American submarines acting as a wolf pack off Formosa. It tracks wolf pack versus convoy with flashbacks to awaiting women and a sharp climactic finish, avoiding a drawn out epilogue.
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Formosa
William Hardy
Josh
Crossword Clues From Times Puzzle
Across clues include Counterfeiter Censure Treated with abuse Cluster of trees Mourn and Charges with gas Repudiates Been Tried Thick soup Determine value of Acts furiously Barked Down clues cover Throw Estimate Withdraw Burrowing animal Balloon Intemperance Harming Firth Mead Crawls Sudden price fall Fear.
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Firth
Mead
New Arrivals in Books Highlight 1890s India and Christmas Picks
A list of forthcoming novels and story collections including The Venus of Konpara by John Masters set in 1890s India, Imperial Caesar by Rex Warner, Look Back and Laugh on A P Herbert’s 70th book, The Trouble with Lichen, Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, and other titles.
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Konpara
John Masters
India
Rex Warner
A. P. Herbert
John Wyndham
Kingsley Amin
Wild North by Joun Idries Review in Australian Press
A review of The Wild North by Jom Idriess praises the collection of 24 stories and sketches largely set on Australia's Cape Yor Peninsula. The critic notes uneven quality from sentimental to mystical tales and highlights wartime and frontier themes plus Idriess foreword optimism about engaging Australians in the Space Age.
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Idriess
Cape Yor Peninsula
Queensland
En South Wales
Southwick
Son
Patel
Ian L. Idrie
Angus and
Robertgon
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