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Paul Daley

The Guardian

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My study is a bibliophile’s breakfast, the house is overrun. It’s time for the great book culling to begin

My study is a bibliophile’s breakfast, the house is overrun. It’s time for the great book culling to begin

I settled into my Sydney work room eight years ago and immediately had many metres of shelves built to accommodate all the books we’d moved...

03.01.2025 5

The Guardian

Paul Daley

Poodunnit: dear fellow dog owners, why do so many of you bother to bag pet mess then not bin it?

This is about dog shit. Dog shit and antisocial behaviour. I am a dog person. I live in an inner suburb of Australia’s biggest city with two...

14.12.2024 2

The Guardian

Paul Daley

Now is the time to unplug and reset. Next year we enter a more dangerous world – but for now I need the silence of nature

A long walk in the mountains last weekend brought sudden perspective to just how heavily the shoutiness and anger was weighing. Suddenly there was...

22.11.2024 60

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Paul Daley

Why no official memorial in Australia to citizens who fought and died in the Spanish civil war?

This Remembrance Day consider a photograph and the story it holds about Australians whose war service has largely been deliberately overlooked or...

10.11.2024 10

The Guardian

Paul Daley

A second Trump presidency would put Australia on a collision course with the US

For many months the federal government has been calming the farm, officials urging us to “just chill” about the possibility of our major ally...

05.11.2024 6

The Guardian

Paul Daley

Australia treats its armed forces veterans with a perversely shabby contempt

Having characterised so much of its history and identity by military adventurism, Australia certainly treats its armed forces veterans with a...

16.10.2024 2

The Guardian

Paul Daley

Australia helped bring peace to Timor-Leste – but that doesn’t absolve it of a long appeasement of Indonesia

It is almost 25 years since the Australian-led International Force East Timor (Interfet) brought security and eventual peace to newly independent...

07.09.2024 1

The Guardian

Paul Daley

Sometimes, when describing someone’s character, only an acronym will do

I’ve not always, apparently, been the best judge of character. Fortunately, I have a cabal of group-chat referees I can consult when in need of a...

29.07.2024 1

The Guardian

Paul Daley

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