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The man behind X has been obliged to bow before a censorship regime we may soon see in Australia
Oct 10 2024
11 mins
To plumb the depths of our cultural crisis, we must examine our institutions, especially universities.
Oct 10 2024
11 mins
A chant you won't hear: 'What do we want? Nuclear! How much? Lots! When? Now!'
Oct 07 2024
4 mins
Sophia Nugent-Siegal: ‘In Passing’
In Passing
They have washed it away,
In a deluge,
They have trampled it under their feet,
They have brought it all to submission,
With the tide of the great sea,
They have cleansed the old foundations,
The harbour they have long laid waste,
They have left the fractured sunlight,
The woods, the trees, the hills,
No one now disturbs it,
No one cries aloud,
No ships to port may come
And the birds scream
At dawning.
Sophia Nugent-Siegal
The story for this poem is taken from a digression in the Iliad which states that, after the Trojan War, the Gods washed away the Greek fortifications and cleansed the land because they had been built in haste and without the necessary sacrifices.
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
