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The lust for power can be as great or greater driver of human effort as the good and humane
Sep 16 2024
11 mins
The promise a Covid royal commission has been renounced even as a sweeping inquiry is needed more than ever
Sep 16 2024
6 mins
The media's talking heads credit Kamala Harris with winning her debate with Trump. Well, yes, they would say that
Sep 15 2024
8 mins
His name is Alfie Boe
In the record shops they ask how you spell his name – and then type "Alfie Boe" unbelievingly into their computers. They come up blank. Just wait. This is his latest CD, which isn’t in our shops yet:
He was the star of the 25th Anniversary Concert of Les Misérables performed in London at The O2. The DVDs are just appearing in Australian shops.
In this clip from the concert encores he’s the Valjean in the white shirt:
And montage from the concert DVD:
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
