Michael Ruffles

2 days ago | smh.com.au | Michael Ruffles

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Most of us can dream up plenty of ways to spend a spare $2.8 million. Round-the-world trips at the pointy end of the plane, champagne and lobster, perhaps a new wardrobe. Then there are debts, school fees, etc – it’s a sum that would clear most mortgages, even in Sydney. Neville Halse did none of the above. He gave his fortune to the State Library of NSW.

2 days ago | theage.com.au | Michael Ruffles

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Most of us can dream up plenty of ways to spend a spare $2.8 million. Round-the-world trips at the pointy end of the plane, champagne and lobster, perhaps a new wardrobe. Then there are debts, school fees, etc – it’s a sum that would clear most mortgages, even in Sydney. Neville Halse did none of the above. He gave his fortune to the State Library of NSW.

3 days ago | smh.com.au | Michael Ruffles

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. MUSICTHE OFFSPRINGQudos Bank Arena, May 11Reviewed by Michael Ruffles★★★½What do you do when one of your giant lightning skeleton zombie props fails to inflate properly? When you’re The Offspring, you just keep playing because the guitars are electrifying enough.

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Michael Ruffles

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Adrift in a round bamboo basket somewhere in the Gulf of Thailand, Tuong Quang Luu peered through the squall and spied whales breaching in the distance. In the breaks between the tropical rains of May, he noticed the seabirds were getting larger and flying higher; even to the untrained eye, this was a sign they were far from land. One way or another, there was no going back to Vietnam.

2 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Michael Ruffles

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