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The man behind X has been obliged to bow before a censorship regime we may soon see in Australia
Oct 10 2024
11 mins
To plumb the depths of our cultural crisis, we must examine our institutions, especially universities.
Oct 10 2024
11 mins
A chant you won't hear: 'What do we want? Nuclear! How much? Lots! When? Now!'
Oct 07 2024
4 mins
Bugatti
BUGATTI—CARLO, REMBRANDT, ETTORE, JEAN
furniture designer & inventor, sculptor, car engineers and innovators
Bugatti, Bugatti
Carlo’s handwork rooms—chairs glide, holding style
Red dragonflies fly round top and seat dial
Tassels shake tails, orbs whorl, bend back and reel
Tendrils, sun mirrors carry skin—heart-heal
Vellum, metal, bone-set—string-a-life vial
Rembrandt at zoo for hours, watches while
Animals reveal their best sport or smile
Now fast sculpting, fingermark, stroke and feel
Black patina, wing-movement, prowl and zeal
Bugatti, Bugatti
Ettore’s engines inside smooth as guile
Lapping roads with blue speed, curving the mile
Designing “cars to go”—not brake, or keel
Hot art on wheels—forged iron, alum and steel
Jean’s bodywork sleek and sheen—streaming Nile
Name swishes, front-running, at auto-trial
High-speed rail-trains hug tracks, kissing arcs—leal
Bugatti, Bugatti
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
