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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
Hobart in the Sixties
Hobart was the place to live in the sixties
Tucked away from murder and war
You could wear weird clothes and listen to Arlo Guthrie.
We didn’t have much poetry
Revolution was in the air, but we didn’t need to dare
So, Hobart was the place to live in the sixties.
We had records of the Dylan mysteries
We had the mini-skirt, for sure
You could wear weird clothes and listen to Arlo Guthrie.
We had the radio and most of us had TVs
JFK was shot and Vietnam was just next door
But, Hobart was the place to live in the sixties
We had The Beatles and Bee Gees
Martin Luther King was murdered, but not on our shore
You could wear weird clothes and listen to Arlo Guthrie.
Calwell was shot in the face in Sydney
The Middle East had their six-day war
Hobart was the place to live in the sixties
You could wear weird clothes and listen to Arlo Guthrie.
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
