From the Back of the Class | Issue 15

Posted 2:52pm Sunday 12th July 2015 by Finbarr Noble

Dunedin is beautiful, the people are hospitable and, unlike in other so-called cultural metropolises, you can still get an actual pint for less than the down-payment on a house. However, it was not always so idyllic. Many of the streets we walk upon, like High Street, Stuart Street and the suburb of Read more...

From the Back of the Class | Issue 14

Posted 2:37pm Sunday 5th July 2015 by Finbarr Noble

New Zealand women won their right to vote on 19 September 1893, a historic day that made Aotearoa the first self-governing nation to extend this right to all women over the age of 21. The signing of the new Electoral Act was the culmination of years of political agitation by the Women’s Read more...

From the Back of the Class | Issue 13

Posted 2:16pm Sunday 24th May 2015 by Finbarr Noble

On 15 January 1919, Boston suffered one of history’s strangest disasters — a devastating flood of molasses. The “Great Molasses Flood” tore through the working-class North End district and deposited so much of the sticky stuff that apparently residents could still smell it on Read more...

From the Back of the Class | Issue 12

Posted 2:49pm Sunday 17th May 2015 by Finbarr Noble

Much like Leslie Knope, Nellie Bly was a pioneer in her field and a woman before her time. She created a whole new brand of investigative journalism known as “stunt journalism”. She was also the first person to figure out that if you went undercover as a journalist you could actually Read more...

From the Back of the Class | Issue 10

Posted 2:48pm Sunday 10th May 2015 by Finbarr Noble

I’m not usually much of a believer in conspiracy theories. I do not necessarily consider the phrase a dirty term as some do, conjuring up images of tinfoil-wearing loonies, but I do subscribe more to the “cock up, not cover up” theory of government than to the secret scheming Read more...