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The singer’s choirmaster took great pride in inspiring him, but a certain other PJ was the real influence
Daft Punk have announced they are splitting up. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian
Daft Punk have announced they are splitting up. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian
Sun 28 Feb 2021 02.30 EST
Nick Cave has been squatting rent-free in my mind all week. On Thursday, he and collaborator Warren Ellis released an album –
Carnage – every bit as consuming as its predecessor, 2019’s
Ghosteen. By day, I heard Cave swinging from swagger to sorrow. By night, I juggled a massive hardback:
The best-selling author of Jasper Jones returns with yet another an achingly mesmeric coming of age tale.
For the global politics junkie: A Promised Land by Barack Obama. The two-term American President looks back on what is surely one of the 21st Century s most remarkable lives with candour, insight and trademark cool.
For the Australian politics devotee: Sex, Lies And Question Time by Kate Ellis. Want to know what it s like to a female politician in the 21st Century? You won t get a more up close, personal and sometimes disturbing look than the one provided by this former PM.
For the environmentalist: A Life On Our Planet by David Attenborough
According to
The Sydney Morning Herald, the NSW government is exploring whether airlines are able to test passengers and staff for COVID-19 ahead of international flights, in a scheme that could prioritise high-risk countries and be adopted in other states and territories for a consistent national approach.
State residents in Batemans Bay and Liverpool have meanwhile been asked to come forward for testing (if symptomatic) following the discovery of virus fragments in local sewage, although curiously, as
The Advertiser ($)reports, SA Health is refusing to provide running updates on sewage detection because it would only spread fear.
Meanwhile, the ABC explains that most of Australia has now opened up after South Australians were yesterday allowed to enter both NSW and Victoria without caveats.