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No mean feet

Pedilavium, by Michael Kane Taylor’s

Dr Angela McCarthy reflects on a favourite work from the Mandorla Art Award collection.

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Human failings that lead to famine

Three Famines: Starvation and Politics, by Thomas KeneallyDrought is not the true cause of either the starvation or death linked with the famines so frequently witnessed in our world, according to Thomas Keneally’s Three Famines.

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De La Salle Brothers in Australia

Botthian and Amphian: De La Salle Brothers in Australia, 1864-1867This major work places the story of the Brothers of Christian schools within the context of the local and regional histories of the communities served by these men during the 19th century. 

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The Mill and the Cross

Rutger Hauer as Pieter Bruegel in

A story that emerges from Protestant-Catholic conflicts of the 16th century is a profound appeal for tolerance, writes John McCarthy.

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