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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
Shane McCauley: ‘Time on Our Hands’
Time on Our Hands
And out there a great silence like a sleeping god.
—Fernando Pessoa
Every now and then, so distantly,
a thin siren cuts through the quiet
that cushions the house.
Beyond the wall occasional footsteps.
We are our own warders
making sure we don’t escape.
Disconnected but not discontented,
larders full in this decelerating
time. Flowers still bloom.
The wind still roams. And though
the days are filled with deaths
a thick juice of history fills
our veins, telling too of survivals
and new lives begun. At mid-day
see so clearly, as has been said,
not a new thing under our sun.
– Shane McCauley
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
