On Earth As It Is

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About Paul Ham

G'day. I'm an Australian historian, lecturer at SciencesPo, foreign correspondent and moonlighting entrepreneur (co-founder of IVRE Paris, creators of the most beautiful scarves in the world!). Please join me. My books:

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