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The Godfather: Peter Corris on teaching

December 27, 2013

I never liked teaching and unlike the people mentioned in a previous column I was no good at it. As …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on his Newtown pubs

December 20, 2013

I frequent four pubs in Newtown. There are different reasons for my visiting them and each has a different atmosphere. …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on painting

December 13, 2013

I’m not big on painting. I was notably quite without talent at it when at school. We had to submit …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on his best reads of the year

December 6, 2013

Again the NRB editors have invited me to nominate the best books I’ve read this year. As I explained in …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on memorable teachers

November 29, 2013

Many memoirs, perhaps especially by writers, acknowledge the roles played by teachers in the shaping of people’s careers. Sometimes the …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on book launches

November 22, 2013

An unusual book launch was held recently at Gleebooks, unusual in that three books were celebrated – novels by Michael …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on going to the gym

November 15, 2013

After a lapse of quite a few years I’ve joined a gym again. My first gym was in Wollongong about …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on getting the news

November 8, 2013

I used to get the news from a combination of reading the broadsheets, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Australian, …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on Peter Cook, historian and mate

November 1, 2013

Smells can powerfully evoke memories. I can’t smell night-blooming jasmine or pipe tobacco smoke without remembering places and people. Music …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on a day in the life …

October 25, 2013

We set off at midday to catch a 1.15 train north after lunch at Central Station. We’d arranged for a …

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