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Sunday essay: is this the end of translation?

 Patrick Semansky/AP and Jeroen Jumelet/EPAIn 399 CE, Faxian — a monk in China’s Jin Dynasty — went on a pilgrimage to the Indian subcontinent to collect...

Cat in a spat: scrapping Dr Seuss books is not cancel culture

  Image: Christopher Dolan/The Times-Tribune via APLet’s start by putting aside the bugbear that it is even possible to “cancel” children’s author Dr Seuss.As Philip...

To publish or not to publish? The media’s free-speech dilemmas in a world of division, violence and extremism

 Picture: AAP/AP/ John Nacion/STAR MAX/IPxTerrorism, political extremism, Donald Trump, social media and the phenomenon of “cancel culture” are confronting journalists with a range of...

Conspiracy theories on the right, cancel culture on the left: how political legitimacy came under threat in 2020

 Image: Wes Mountain/The Conversation,2020 has been a challenging year. For some challenges, such as the coronavirus, a light is appearing at the end of...

Sunday essay: a new front in the culture wars, Cynical Theories takes unfair aim at the humanities

Image: Liam Edwards/Unsplash In 2017, when a biology professor in a state college in Washington protested against a proposed day-long ban on the presence of white...
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Mick Pacholli

Mick created TAGG - The Alternative Gig Guide in 1979 with Helmut Katterl, the world's first real Street Magazine. He had been involved with his fathers publishing business, Toorak Times and associated publications since 1972. Mick was also involved in Melbourne's music scene for a number of years opening venues, discovering and managing bands and providing information and support for the industry.Mick has also created a number of local festivals and is involved in not for profit and supporting local charities.