"Robert Fisk: Lessons from the ghosts of Gallipoli
Ataturk's words were the most compassionate ever uttered by a Muslim leader
Published: 25 March 2006
Wellington reminds me of Maidstone, Kent, when I was a little boy; the 1912 façades of so many New Zealand shops, the narrow streets, the trolley buses, the giant coins, the slightly old-fashioned English, the demand for doughnuts and hot-cross buns. Everyone in Maidstone used to call each other 'mate' - yes, I know this is an Australian expression as well - and older men in Wellington wear ties, just as my Dad did back in the 1950s."
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