Hype, Hypocrisy and History Speeding Up

The Hon Bob Carr holds the record for longest continuously serving Premier in the history of New South Wales and he also served as Australia’s Foreign Minister for 18 months. Since leaving politics, Carr has led a distinguished career as a defacto diplomat, author and academic. He is the author of My Reading Life, Thoughtlines, Diary of a Foreign Minister and political memoir Run for Your Life. 

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Sir David Hare was described by the Washington Post as “the premiere political dramatist writing in English.” He has written over thirty stage plays and thirty screenplays for film and television. The plays include Plenty, Pravda (with Howard Brenton), The Secret Rapture, Racing Demon, Skylight, Amy’s View, The Blue Room, Via Dolorosa, Stuff Happens, The Absence of War, The Judas Kiss and Straight Line Crazy. His film credits include The Hours, The Reader, Damage, Denial, Wetherby and The White Crow among others, while his television films include Licking Hitler, The Worricker Trilogy, Collateral and Roadkill. In a millennial poll of the greatest plays of the 20th century, five of the top 100 were his.