The Experience of Diplomacy by Sir Alan Watt
Australian diplomat Alan Watt’s memoirs chart a career from Sydney to Washington Moscow and Singapore. The review notes Watt’s frank critique of Evatt Menzies and official bureaucracy while detailing his forces and frictions in building Australia’s foreign policy.
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Sir Alan Watt
Angus and Robertson
Australian Institute of International Affairs
Alan Watt
Sydney
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Sydney University
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Oxford
David Ross
Heidelberg
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Neckar
Australia
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Casey
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Owen Dixon
Eggleston
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Singapore
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Japan
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H. ¥. Evatt
J. W. Burton
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Suez
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Treasury
Ralph
Malaya
Britain
Alian Aatic
The
Sydney Morning Herald
Mister Doctor Blo mocked by modern medical fiction
A reader laments John Tyne's Mister Doctor Blo for its clinical dullness and loss of vivid medical detail in contemporary medical novels. The critic contrasts past doctor writers who dramatised treatments with current authors focused on health schemes and personal health narratives.
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John Tyne
Doctor Blo
Peter Davies
Doctor
Medicine in fiction how Slaughter made drama out of surgery
The author recalls Frank G Slaughter as the dean of medical novelists whose vivid scenes outpace mere medical facts. He cites blistering depictions of obstetric complications and surgeries where episiotomy scissors and urgent actions drive narrative tension, contrasting this with modern depictions tied to health schemes.
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Frank G. Slaughter
The decline of the fictional doctors and medical heroes
A critical look at changing depictions of doctors from classic surgical legends to modern portrayals. The piece cites Cronin, Falla, and Hepburn era writers, noting shifts toward crime and television doctors, and laments loss of the blood and knife mystique in medicine.
The Exorcist review by William Peter Blatty critic
A detailed critique notes The Exorcist as a shocking strong stomach test with perversion, blasphemy, violence and obscene language. It highlights Regan Mac Neil’s possession, Jesuit Father Karras, and Detective Kinderman, praising atmosphere and characterization while deeming the ending unsatisfying and not for the squeamish.
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Blatty
Regan MacNeil
Regan
Levdales
Father Karras
Karras
Kinderman
A Medley of Folk Songs For Children Review
A detailed review of a Longman Young Books folk song collection compiled by Forbes Stuart Geoffrey Winters and Janet Archer. It argues the book, while beautifully produced with useful introductions and broad geographic origins, is expensive for only 35 songs and may limit its market to libraries rather to households. It notes the need for children to be singing to enjoy folk songs and praises the illustrations and informative notes.
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Forbes Stuart
Geoffrey Winters
Janet Archer
Longman Young Books
Jacqueline Wayman
Heinemann
Aaard
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Dr Casey
Dr Finlay
Fee
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Playboy
Dr Jekyll
Mr Hyde
Doctor Fry
Kildare bin
Banianok
General Hospital
Marcus Welby
Doreen Trimmer
Demic
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Bland and Briggs
Walpole
Castle of Otranto
Brian Jeffrey
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Constable
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South Africa
John Peel
John Henry
Go Down
Moses
Buffalo Skinners
Buffalo
ZYG Bookbinding Works Pty Ltd
Sam Street
Fyshwick
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Australian National University
Herman Kahn
Hudson Insttute
New York
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