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At 75, I have achieved 'old age'. I welcome it and am glad about it and, with some reservations, intend to keep on growing older
Sep 21 2024
10 mins
A Sydney-based academic and columnist for the Nine rags sets out to explain the US to Australians. It's not a pretty picture
Sep 20 2024
8 mins
The philospher began with the conviction 'the only human activity that seems to have any importance' is the great cosmic 'why?'
Sep 20 2024
24 mins
The Immortal
“Please God, let Victor Trumper score a century today against England—out of a total of 137 all out”
—Neville Cardus
Here’s to the king of bat and ball;
Let’s toast him with a bumper,
The finest cricketer of all:
I give you Victor Trumper.
A man of honour, true and straight—
You read it in his face—
A batsman peerless, exquisite,
True heir to Doctor Grace,
He had the gift, the time, the touch,
The suppleness of limb.
He did not care for money much.
It did not care for him.
Cricket’s a science and an art—
So many things to learn.
Cricket’s a game—get in, get out
And give your mates a turn.
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
