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Keith Y Harvey

Keith Y Harvey

On the 5th November 1821, two hundred years ago today, the sailing ship the Mariner made its way up…

Family folklore said that John Edward and Mary Ann sailed for Australia the day after they were married, but this does not appear to be…

Nov 4, 2021

On the 5th November 1821, two hundred years ago today, the sailing ship the Mariner made its way up…

Nov 4, 2021

Keith Y Harvey

Republished with permission from the Southern Highlands Newsletter #243, July-September 2021…

NORTHERN LIGHTS

Oct 2, 2021

Republished with permission from the Southern Highlands Newsletter #243, July-September 2021…

Oct 2, 2021

Keith Y Harvey

What’s in a name?

On the 12th October 1839 the Sunda, a British merchant ship, was wrecked on the coast of Hainan, on its way to Canton, China. Lloyd’s…

Oct 24, 2020

What’s in a name?

Oct 24, 2020

Keith Y Harvey

Christian Socialists…have they left the building?

By Keith Harvey

Oct 10, 2020

Christian Socialists…have they left the building?

Oct 10, 2020

Keith Y Harvey

The most expensive restaurant meal in the Universe.

Last year a combination of doubt and curiosity led me to investigate a plot line in the movie “Mary Poppins Returns.” A story line which…

Aug 25, 2020

The most expensive restaurant meal in the Universe.

Aug 25, 2020

Keith Y Harvey

Mary Poppins Returns

or, musings on a long flight to London…

Jan 4, 2020

Jan 4, 2020

Keith Y Harvey

Workers of the galaxy, unite!

There is an established sub-genre of literature known as the ‘industrial’ or ‘social conditions’ novel. It is epitomised by novels written…

Jun 19, 2018

Workers of the galaxy, unite!

Jun 19, 2018

Keith Y Harvey

Have you heard of Nellie Bly? Elisabeth Bisland?

Most people will be familiar with “Around the World in 80 days”, a novel by French author Jules Verne published in 1873 in which his main…

Jun 3, 2018

Jun 3, 2018

Keith Y Harvey

“There are no heroes of the French Revolution” — discuss

My French language teacher and I were discussing this possible essay topic recently and I decided to put my thoughts in writing. This piece…

Apr 21, 2018

“There are no heroes of the French Revolution” — discuss

Apr 21, 2018

Keith Y Harvey

From the Summoner’s Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer, one of the Canterbury Tales written between 1387 and…

“You wished you had our labour all for naught. But the High God, Who all this world has wrought, Says that the workman’s worthy of his…

Mar 28, 2018

Mar 28, 2018

Keith Y Harvey

Keith Y Harvey

I worked for many years in the trade union movement I am interested in workers rights, social justice, labor history and lots of other things.

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