Bertram Douglas Kidd, known as Bertie was born in Islington, London, in 1933
He moved to Australia in 1947 aged 14 and began his life of crime in the 1960s
Kidd, 87, was considered among the best safe breakers and robbers in Australia
His exploits earnt him the reputation as the country s most complete criminal
Kidd has for the first time revealed his role in the 1984 Fine Cotton betting sting
Classics teacher a delightful contradiction of a fellow
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By Pat Sheil
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HARRY NICOLSON: 1923 – 2021
Some 15 years ago, standing on the remains of the Temple of Apollo in Delphi, I found myself drifting away from the incredible view, and the sheer gravitas of where I was, back into a history classroom in Sydney. I was in two places at once. It was unexpected, yet remarkable and moving.
In its day, Delphi was the most sacred and mysterious slice of real estate in Greece. Now the ruined remnant of the Oracle, it remains an astonishing monument to the mystical yearnings of the baffled midwives of Western civilisation.