00:5300:53, 20 December 2016diffhist+4 m
Chinese New Year
corrected " outside China its years are often numbered from the purported reign " to " outside China its years are sometimes numbered from the purported reign " - this recent development is by no means common, let alone 'often'
22:5722:57, 13 May 2013diffhist+143
Alan Duff
He had a de facto wife, who bore him two children.<ref name="Out of the Mist and the Steam">((title=Duff, Alan |work=Out of the Mist and the Steam |year=1999 |accessdate=14 May 2013 ))</ref>
22:5022:50, 13 May 2013diffhist+465
Alan Duff
In the late 1970s, Duff lived in England. While there he initially worked as an installer of sheet metal insulation, then as a barman & bar manager. However, he then again migrated to a criminal life, and in 1979 was sentenced to 19 months in jail....
22:2622:26, 13 May 2013diffhist+41 m
Alan Duff
<ref name="Out of the Mist and the Steam">((title=Duff, Alan |work=Out of the Mist and the Steam |year=1999 ))</ref>
23:3423:34, 11 May 2013diffhist+194
Alan Duff
→Biography: He wrote at some length about his troubled childhood in his 1999 memoir, "Out of the Mist and the Steam". Many of these experiences informed his writing of his novel ''Once Were Warriors'' .