 | mtaylor November 30, 2020 |
Colonialism – Was it all bad?
Colonialism is not flavour of the month at present. At a time when activists are advocating the pulling down of statues of colonial leaders perhaps we should be investigating the actual history of colonialism rather than relegating it summarily to the ‘bad’ box of history. In New Zealand, a growing proportion of citizens are now learning te reo…
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| mtaylor November 3, 2020 |
Writing biography
‘Biography is likely to become more than an exploration of one’s subject; it becomes, at every step, an exploration of the author’s self, making it a journey of self-discovery, in the company of one’s subject.’ Biographer John Ritchie’s words are so true. It took me six years to research this group biography, Sailors, Settlers & Sinners, and…