Anglican Priest | Mission Chaplain — Diocese of Melbourne | Professor of French Literature @UniMelb | Former Dean @ArtsUnimelb
Melbourne, Victoria
Joined May 2009
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Russell Goulbourne retweeted
ABC News Australia doing what BBC News haven't done yet, name the Bondi Beach hero in their rolling live news broadcast:
Inala Cooper, "What I was reflecting on this morning was the footage of the civilian, the unarmed man, Ahmed el Ahmed, a 43 year old fruit shop owner"
"When I was watching the footage, he was sort of creeping up behind the gunman"
"And I was thinking is this person trained, are we going to discover he was in the army?"
"Or is he a person who knows how to handle this kind of situation?"
"So to discover this morning that he's a community member, a business owner, and went straight towards this danger with incredible bravery, it's just incredible"
"For many who were there, including Ahmed el Ahmed, just running to help, preventing many other injuries and deaths"
Extraordinary — and extraordinarily disappointing — to hear a bishop saying Christianity has little to say on the question of human dignity 🤯
Russell Goulbourne retweeted
This is easily one of the top 10 non-fiction books of the decade. The Epilogue presents the exciting potential of post-secular scholarship in which academia, returning to its roots, takes the miraculous seriously.
Russell Goulbourne retweeted
Today @guardian shakes up the idea of universities as ivory towers. In fact, they add to the liveliness and prosperity of their towns and cities 📰
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
It draws on work by @CentreforCities to understand universities' role as exporters and employers 👇
Russell Goulbourne retweeted
If only Angela Rayner had followed the Telegraph’s advice. Then they might not call her a hypocrite.
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If you had €280k ($328k), would you buy this French former minor seminary of Nozeroy?
- 3,000 m² (32,300 sq ft) of historic buildings from 1811-1830
- 1.5 hectares (3.7 acres) of parkland & grounds
- Original Gothic chapel with stained glass windows
- 3 full floors of convertible space (2,580 m² each level!)
- Stone vaulted cellars + massive attic space
- Medieval town of 500 people, 15 min to TGV station
- 2h50 to Paris by train
- 1h20 to Switzerland border
- Built on ancient ramparts with panoramic valley views
The chapel alone is 325 m² of pure architectural poetry. The dormitories could become luxury apartments. The park has its own entrance gate.
What would you do with it?
Russell Goulbourne retweeted
Your post is quite astonishing.
You either believe in jury trial or you do not. For as long as I can remember the Conservative Party has seen it as a key part of our freedom under law. If so, you have to accept the right of a jury to bring in a verdict with which you might disagree.
You call it "two tier justice" and try to blame the Labour government for something that you know or ought to know has nothing to do with them. That is the hallmark of the the rabble rouser not a Shadow Home Secretary.
Enjoying a coffee in my @VoltaireOxford travel cup while I watch the boys play soccer at Manningham Juventus FC in Doncaster: an almost typical Aussie Saturday morning ⚽️
Russell Goulbourne retweeted
Shortlists for the 2025 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced including 5 non-fiction and 5 Australian history books to add to your reading list: creative.gov.au/news-events/…
Russell Goulbourne retweeted
A notable new addition to our collections is the complete set of fourteen issues of the journal ‘Gazette du Vieux Paris’ published for the 1900 Paris Exposition (RBM.19.a.11).
Dr Liam Sims shares more about its significance: loom.ly/Ii3AJho
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary
ALT A decorative, medieval-style page titled Gazette du Vieux Paris, featuring illuminated letters, ornate borders, and an illustrated scene of people in historical dress. The text is in French with Gothic lettering and red highlights.
‘Not all spaces are empty’: a beautiful new poem by Amy Crutchfield, ‘De Chirico, after Bruce Bond’s “Oval”’, published today for #PoetryMonth by @RedRoomPoetry #30in30 redroompoetry.org/poets/amy-…
Welcome news from the @AlboMP government ministers.education.gov.au/c…
Russell Goulbourne retweeted
The Albanese Government’s 2026 National Planning Level acknowledges the importance of international education to our economy and the delivery of high-quality teaching and research. @AlboMP @JasonClareMP
Read our full media release here: ow.ly/HWsa50WzckY
#auspol #highered #internationaleducation
Russell Goulbourne retweeted
The world was getting stupider, driven by tech, even before AI began rotting the brains of students in particular. What are our chances of stopping the rot? Or will intelligence just wither like sword-fighting or black- smithery did before? Me @FT on.ft.com/4eDy3sC