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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
Ms Groper
The beautiful big-lipped Blue Groper
can change sex and turn into a male
much more boyster than the grey oyster
far cleverer than the shark or whale.
It sounds the stuff of psychiatry
but it’s common to the family Wrasse
the switch is a feminist device
a Groper lad can’t change to a lass.
If Ms G. thinks the grass is greener
or there’s a lack of spunks in her school
she needs no scalpel or testoster
“My body,” she bubbles, “is my tool.”
She knows she’s both Martha and Arthur
(no mermaid boasts power so mighty)
the poor leopard is pale beside her
she’s both Hermes and Aphrodite.
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
