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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 07 2024
5 mins
Norway’s pride in its democracy has been tainted by the May recognition of Palestine
Oct 07 2024
9 mins
I criticised the quality of Chinese electrical goods, then they came after me for revenge
Oct 06 2024
8 mins
Dash 8 from Armidale
At nineteen thousand feet
The propeller is 2 metres of
Continuous diaphanous blade,
A thin curtain of spin slicing the air,
There’s a blur at the tip where
Contrary paint hints at a solid
Fugal edge, the fleeing, flight edge.
It would not warn a bird.
Held by the engineered centre
By its core and cone.
This centre can hold,
This gyre not fly off.
The propeller lives by refinement
And human purposes.
They are not replaced by the jet.
While it looks like nothing’s there
“Beware, beware.” The cutting air.
Ivan Head
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
