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In Greek myth, Prometheus was an elder god who one rainy day, not able to get out and with time on his hands, fashioned the human race from clay and gifted it with the knowledge of civilization. It’s the sort of thing you do when you’re a Greek god, you know. Prometheus was a Titan, a sort of Fat Controller of the ancient world with origins in the earliest form of the Greek Pantheon. In most…

Nine tenths of the law

There’s a principle that states that possession is nine tenths of the law. It’s a principle that is familiar to every school yard bully who ever stole your toys in the playground, but that fact did not deter the British when they arrived in Australia from the end of the 18th century onward. Finding an Aboriginal population had beaten them to nine of those tenths by a matter of a mere 60 thousand…

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We were at Yallambie and wondering where to go. “What about carols?” said my good lady. “She lives in Geelong. That’s too far to travel on Christmas Eve.” “Not Carol’s.  I mean carols. The sort you sing.” “Oh, I see. Then I suppose Noel’s is out of the question.” It’s an unlikely story but Christmas carols in Yallambie usually means a bit of travelling. The only church, the Anglican Church of the…

Australia, 1. Melbourne, la vera Gotham City.

Scopriamo Melbourne con gli AC/DC: “Scusa giovane cameriera con questo taglio di capelli così studiatamente dimesso, ma che differenza c’è tra il batch coffee e il pour-over coffee?” “Ah, il batch coffee è quello che viene fatto nella caraffa per tutti… il pour-over è… una cosa un po’ più tecnica…” “Ok, prendo quello tecnico” (“Che…