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We are encouraged to rely more and more on government officials to do for us what we could equally well do for ourselves—and, maybe more importantly, not to do what might help us solve our own problems.
Sep 08 2024
10 mins
If we imagine a metric called the Pinocchio Scale, which measures the number of lies told by a politician as a percentage of his or her overall public statements, our current prime minister (for want of a better description), Airbus Albo, has moved well into uncharted territory.
Sep 06 2024
5 mins
Rick Stein’s Cornwall: Beneath St Piran’s Flag
When Camilla Parker Bowles married Charles, Prince of Wales, in 2005, she adopted the feminine form of one of her husband’s most significant titles, becoming Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. Although Camilla is also the Princess of Wales, that title is so strongly connected to the late Diana Spencer that she mostly refrains from using it. As Duchess of Cornwall, she represents one of the most beautiful, historic and ceremonial counties in England.
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“It has, therefore, been a favourite boast of the people of Wales and Cornwall,
that the original British stock flourishes in its unmixed
purity only among them.” —Thomas Bulfinch
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Cornwall was one of the Celtic nations, a Brythonic kingdom and royal duchy. The Cornish people were a very religious and superstitious folk. The Cornish language, or Kernowek, was handed down from a language first used before the arrival of Anglo-Saxons. The fusion of Cornish with English over the centuries has created a…
Madam: Archbishop Fisher (July-August 2024) does not resist the attacks on his church by the political, social or scientific atheists and those who insist on not being told what to do.
Aug 29 2024
6 mins
To claim Aborigines have the world's oldest continuous culture is to misunderstand the meaning of culture, which continuously changes over time and location. For a culture not to change over time would be a reproach and certainly not a cause for celebration, for it would indicate that there had been no capacity to adapt. Clearly this has not been the case
Aug 20 2024
23 mins
A friend and longtime supporter of Quadrant, Clive James sent us a poem in 2010, which we published in our December issue. Like the Taronga Park Aquarium he recalls in its 'mocked-up sandstone cave' it's not to be forgotten
Aug 16 2024
2 mins
