http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/charles-miranda/ Charles Miranda began working in journalism in 1989 when he joined The Canberra Times. Five years later he joined The Daily Telegraph in the press gallery initially as industrial relations reporter then defence and foreign affairs reporter covering coups, conflicts and crisis about Asia. In 2003 he moved to London to work as deputy news editor for The Evening Standard before rejoining The Daily Telegraph as Chief of Staff in 2005. 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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/abused-as-a-child-with-an-angry-message-to-australia/ SHY Keenan (corr) doesn’t like to call herself a victim nor does she like the term survivor. Both imply a resolution to an issue. But from the age of four she was systematically raped, beaten, degraded, filmed then, at the age of 10, sold to a gang of dockworkers in the UK for four more years of abuse. In 2000 more than 25 years after the abuse, she armed herself with a small camera lent by the BBC and filmed one of her attackers boasting about his actions. Two years later she watched in satisfaction from the back of Liverpool Crown Court as three of her attackers, including a stepfather, were handed jail terms. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Charles Miranda) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/abused-as-a-child-with-an-angry-message-to-australia/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/abused-as-a-child-with-an-angry-message-to-australia/#item1929 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:35:37 +0000 Charles Miranda | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/rootgate-silvio-berlusconis-bordello-antics-captivate-Italy/ TWO years ago, Veronica Lario did something extraordinary. After marrying the now Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in 1990, the former actress had maintained a low profile; rarely seen in public and avoiding the sort of official functions wives of national leaders do. But on January 31, 2007 that changed when she bizarrely wrote a letter to the editor calling on her husband to apologise. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Charles Miranda) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/rootgate-silvio-berlusconis-bordello-antics-captivate-Italy/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/rootgate-silvio-berlusconis-bordello-antics-captivate-Italy/#item856 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:50:07 +0000 Charles Miranda | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/I-dont-mean-to-be-a-queen-but-I-havent-a-thing-to-wear/ Summer in London is all about Wimbledon and Pimms and illegal Hyde Park swims. It’s cricket, it’s walks by the Thames and musings about the weather … oh yeah and it’s the odd invitation to take tea with the Queen in the gardens of Buckingham Palace, in a gentile setting that dates back to 1609. In what is akin to finding a gold wrapper to Willie Wonka’s Chocolate Factory, an invitation to the royal soiree is indeed one’s highlight of one’s social calendar. I don’t know Lord Chamberlain personally, but I reckon he’s probably a top bloke. It might have been my name (after all Charlie found a gold wrapper) but the heavy card invitation mailed to my home read: “The Lord Chamberlain is commanded by Her Majesty to invite Mr and Mrs Charles Miranda Esq to a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace.” Up you go son ! Very exciting. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Charles Miranda) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/I-dont-mean-to-be-a-queen-but-I-havent-a-thing-to-wear/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/I-dont-mean-to-be-a-queen-but-I-havent-a-thing-to-wear/#item587 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:35:53 +0000 Charles Miranda | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/russell-crowe-on-how-the-media-has-let-us-all-down/ RUSSELL Crowe knows better than most the blurred line between news and entertainment. “I’ve been living it for 30 years,” he tells The Punch while in the UK to film his latest blockbuster Robin Hood. So it’s a little surprising to hear him bemoan the death of the “noble profession” of newspaper journalism, as across the United States, in particular, flag ship periodicals are closing or are being slashed to the bone. Clearly the recession is to blame, combined perhaps with poor overall management. But Crowe believes it’s also because the reader has evolved into a cynic with an inability to discern fact from fiction due in no small way to the celebrity culture. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Charles Miranda) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/russell-crowe-on-how-the-media-has-let-us-all-down/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/russell-crowe-on-how-the-media-has-let-us-all-down/#item392 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:45:58 +0000 Charles Miranda | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/juans-a-jolly-swagman-the-spanish-waltzing-matilda/ DON’T be surprised as you walk down a street in Spain to hear someone humming or even singing the words to Waltzing Matilda. The catchy unofficial Aussie national anthem has become somewhat of a sensation in Spain since it was chosen by a mobile telephone company to promote its new summer tariff plan, then featured in their advertisement in the break of the televised Champions League soccer grand final watched by millions across Europe recently. The accents on the advertisement are strange and the video clip is downright wacky but online chat rooms and talk back radio in Spain has been inundated with debates about “Billy-bongs” and “Kooly-bar trees” and speculation about what it was that a man put into a “ta-ka” bag. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Charles Miranda) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/juans-a-jolly-swagman-the-spanish-waltzing-matilda/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/juans-a-jolly-swagman-the-spanish-waltzing-matilda/#item360 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:05:25 +0000 Charles Miranda | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/postcard-from-london-list-of-blackshirts-stuns-britain/ Last November, a curious list was posted to various websites in England. It had no author, it carried no commentary but included the names, occupations, addresses and personal details of some 12,000 people who were members of the British National Party. The privacy breach may have been of concern to some liberal commentators but for British authorities and political leaders, it was an alarming wake up to the rise-and-rise of the far right movement in the UK. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Charles Miranda) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/postcard-from-london-list-of-blackshirts-stuns-britain/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/postcard-from-london-list-of-blackshirts-stuns-britain/#item288 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:45:00 +0000 Charles Miranda | Author bios | The Punch