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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
Arian Ganjavi: ‘my casio watch’
my casio watch
gold wrapping stretches over the
cold steel but leaves
the flip side bare
like the silver belly of fish.
the strap runs like
ripples in calm ocean,
when water is gilded with sun
and you feel good.
forty-five degree slants slice
the watch face left and right
mimicking bars of gold.
this weighs heavy on your wrist
like a lover’s warm hand
saying “you’re OK”, and
you realise she’s right and
kiss her.
Arian Ganjavi
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
