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The Republican presidential contender is an acquired taste. Given the alternative, it's a taste persnickety conservatives should make the effort to acquire
Sep 09 2024
4 mins
The proportions of Aboriginal children and young people placed in a relative or kin placement or with an Aboriginal foster carer have decreased, and the proportion of Aboriginal children who were reunified with their families has declined.
Sep 09 2024
17 mins
Behind the Scenes on ‘Casablanca’
The proprietor of Rick’s Cafe Americain was sure the ‘problems of three little people don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world’, but they did. And as time went by, they amounted to much more – a film often described as ‘the best Hollywood movie of all time.’Here we go behind-the-scenes of this lachrymose romantic drama set in wartime French Morocco 72 years ago. So grab a Casablanca Cocktail* or Vichy Sling*, fill your tear-ducts and celebrate what is still an iconic mix of foreign affairs, ‘fight for love and glory’ intrigue and ‘we’ll always have Paris’ nostalgia.
Casablanca had its world premier in New York City on November 26, 1942. Released nationally on January 23, 1943, it won the Best Picture Academy Award that year. Other Oscar winners were director Michael Curtiz and screenwriters Howard Koch, Julius and Philip Epstein. The Writers’ Guild of America rated their screenplay the ‘best ever written’ on April 7, 2006.
The film’s…
Madam: Archbishop Fisher (July-August 2024) does not resist the attacks on his church by the political, social or scientific atheists and those who insist on not being told what to do.
Aug 29 2024
6 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
