Eliza surprises Geraldine with a declaration of love for her new city.

It’s only taken nine months. But Eliza has finally got past the chaos and misery of Beirut to fall for its beauty, charm and fascinating history.

It’s a relationship she was never able to build during her previous posting to Jakarta, Indonesia.

In the final days before the election the women discuss the possibility of a new Labor Government and the legacy of the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd years.

They talk books before Geraldine rushes off to the Opera House to watch Jonathan Biggins being Paul Keating.

Ronnie Chatah Walking Tour of Beirut

Mohamad Chatah murdered

Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Attack Saudi Oil Facilities

The NYT Daily Podcast: John Bolton’s Plan for Iran

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Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know – Colm Toibin

The President in Missing – James Patterson & Bill Clinton

Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian Civil War – Marwam Hisham

Inside Syria’s Secret Torture Prisons: How Bashar al-Assad Crushed Dissent

The Gospel According to Paul

Keating on Dutton – ABC Radio