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Jerome Murat

Welcome to the incredible, Jerome Murat
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In 2003 I had the wonderful pleasure of seeing Marcel Marceau perform in Melbourne.
A most beautiful, genius performer, an incredible spirit with a balance of humour, passion, beauty. The silent language of Marcel Marceau moved me deeply and this is something Jerome Murat has too.
Enjoy.
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Hung by the neck until dead - Saddam the bad man is no more.

Saddam the bad man has gone. Narcissist, psychopath, national leader, mass murderer. Except for the last description, he doesn’t differ too much from some other world leaders, past and present.

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Fostering native birds - the story of Furby and Captain Corelli

We’re looking after a tawny frogmouth (yes, looks like a Furby so now he’s called Furby and, no, he is NOT an owl, they are related to Nightjars, not owls) this Christmas after it fell from a nest and was hand raised by my friend. The rescue services she called said they had […]

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An Australian Christmas

Its summer here in Australia in December. It’s fire season, people run about in shorts and T shirts and suburbia is yet again putting snowman illuminations, velvet and fur clad Santas, designer Christmas trees with fake spray snow, ordering Turkey and cranberry sauce and

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