Fire season in Australia is always dangerous -- the 2009 Black Saturday fires killed 173 people in Victoria, making it the deadliest bushfire disaster on record. But conditions have been unusually bad this year, making fires burn more strongly and making firefighting conditions particularly difficult...
Scandal: in 1930 Henry and Gwen Mond commissioned a remarkable art-deco drawing room for their London house. Its centrepiece, Charles Sargeant Jagger's relief Scandal, long thought to have been destroyed, has been acquired by the Victoria & Albert Museum. Eric Turner reveals the tale of sex ...
London’s Snapped Ankles is back with more post punk, Philadelphia’s Writhing Squares spirals out… Video Premiere: Cricketbows –“Ohio Valley Springtime” March 16, 2021 TFN is excited today to participate in the Cricketbows roll out of their new record, Raised On Rock And Roll, which ...
fire regime may be expressed as a shift in the central tendency, such as a decrease in mean annual area burned, a change in overall variance, such as an increase in interannual variability of area burned, or in the frequency of events that exceed an ecological threshold, such as a change ...
A SCHOOLGIRL told yesterday how she copied her heroes from the television drama London's Burning by plunging into a blazing house to rescue two children.Daily Mail (London)
LondonFire Brigade (LFB) confirmed the cause of the fire is being treated as "accidental", while UK Power Networks said an "incident" in one of its electricity substations at the Old Bailey was "being investigated". Judge Lucraft added UK Power Networks was working on the substa...
Those of you north of the border have a slew of opportunties to check out our very own the Whitsundays in the coming months: 09/24 Victoria, BC @ Rifflandia @ alix Goolden Concert Hall w/ Great Lake Swimmers 10/02 Montreal, QC @ Pop Montreal @ BBQ - Notman House ...
Then woo hoo! Victoria! My nose was firmly pointed towards home now. The drive between the border and Lakes Entrance was beautiful, but the closer I got towards home, the less inclined I was to stop the car for photos. I spent a couple of hours wth my cousin and we didn’t stop ta...
Right now, there are auditors in every state and territory so my travel is limited to Victoria. But I’ve put up my hand to travel to other states if they ever need one in an emergency. Fingers crossed, I get a remote assignment eg Christmas Island or Norfolk Island – how cool would...
Profile Yelle Razor-sharp and kaleidoscopically dressed, Julie Budet is the face and voice of French band Yelle, an outfit she founded with producer Jean-François Perrier in 2000. The act first caught the public’s attention in 2005 with single “Je veux te voir”; its bold lyrics and ...