Instinctively, one embraces that ancient invocation to “count one’s blessings” when reflecting on the miracle to have been born in Australia.

Since eternity, magic, sorcery, and supernatural objects have captured the human imagination. The ability to do things beyond our human capabilities fills us with awe and wonder. No wonder, even in ...

The Conquest of Wales was a traumatic event. When Llywelyn ap Gruffudd was killed in 1282 in a skirmish with the Anglo-Norman army at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, one chronicler wrote that the whole of ...