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A chant you won't hear: 'What do we want? Nuclear! How much? Lots! When? Now!'
Oct 07 2024
4 mins
It's not just free speech they aim to curtail, it's also our right to rejoice in national landmarks
Oct 07 2024
5 mins
Norway’s pride in its democracy has been tainted by the May recognition of Palestine
Oct 07 2024
9 mins
Andrew Leggett: My Father Came Back
My Father Came Back
My father came back from the grave.
He broke his silence with an unknowing look.
He said, “Son, you’re old and bald and fat.”
“Thanks, Dad! You’re not at your best.
Those eighteen years under the hill
have not treated you kindly,” was all I said.
He did not take umbrage. There was no fight
in him. He had become the kind of spook
I could poke right through, like a hole in my hat.
“To have become like you, is that so bad?”
With no comfort to offer, without a sound,
he withdrew from the mirror, back underground.
Andrew Leggett
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
