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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 06 2024
5 mins
I criticised the quality of Chinese electrical goods, then they came after me for revenge
Oct 06 2024
8 mins
A chant you won't hear: 'What do we want? Nuclear! How much? Lots! When? Now!'
Oct 05 2024
4 mins
Rohan Buettel: Why is it that we watch cricket?
Why is it that we watch cricket?
Obsessively we watch each ball
With tension now the team’s behind
The wickets slowly, slowly fall
The pick strikes hard against the wall
The runs are leaden, grimly mined
Obsessively we watch each ball
The batsmen edging at a crawl
Fast bowlers snare them in a bind
The wickets slowly, slowly fall
Threatening time, the umpire’s call
Anxiety mounts, crowds the mind
Obsessively we watch each ball
The spinners catch us in their thrall
The runs come dear, but still they grind
The wickets slowly, slowly fall
For fatal fate will seam its pall
Exquisite agony defined
Obsessively we watch each ball
The wickets quick, too quickly fall
Rohan Buettel
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
