PacificAus TV initiative; French military in Africa; the odour of history
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Popular Australian television content is being broadcast to Pacific audiences. In the past 60 years France’s military has intervened in Africa over 50 times, but has it been the stabilising force it would like us to believe? And, ever wondered what the Magna Carta or the First Folio of Romeo and Juliet smell like? Researchers at the Institute of Digital Archaeology have managed to extract the scents of antique books and manuscripts from Oxford University's Bodleian Library.
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