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It's not just free speech they aim to curtail, it's also our right to rejoice in national landmarks
Oct 06 2024
5 mins
I criticised the quality of Chinese electrical goods, then they came after me for revenge
Oct 06 2024
8 mins
A chant you won't hear: 'What do we want? Nuclear! How much? Lots! When? Now!'
Oct 05 2024
4 mins
Andrew Lansdown: Autumn Maples
Autumn Maples
1
Spinning Out
As they spun out
during the scourging of Christ,
so the blood-drops
are hurtling from the maples
as the wind flogs their raw backs.
2
Right Time
The south hemisphere
is not the maples’ true home
—and yet only here
do they perform the Passion
plays at the right time of year.
Andrew Lansdown
Many will disagree, but World War III is too great a risk to run by involving ourselves in a distant border conflict
Sep 25 2024
5 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
