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1 month ago | 
quadrant.org.au | Christopher Heathcote |Roger Partridge |Nick Cater |Peter Murphy
'We would all be very happy,' Beckett wrote to Giacometti, if he were to design the Godot set. Mar 04 202539 minsAbandoning Czechoslovakia in 1938 guaranteed a world war. Trump’s sellout of Ukraine risks the same outcomeMar 03 202510 minsTheir ABC and Guardian are alarmed a conservative player, ADH, has entered Australia's regional TV market.
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2 months ago | 
quadrant.org.au | Phil Shannon |Ethan Redekop |Christopher Heathcote |Alison Bevege
Passing the test required for naturalisation is a piece of cake, yet one in three applicants fail.
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2 months ago | 
quadrant.org.au | Christopher Heathcote |Mervyn F. Bendle |Patrick McCauley |Maxim Nikiforov
Sunshine and surrounding suburbs in Melbourne’s west will not be observing Australia Day in 2024. Residents learned this on 12 December at Brimbank Council’s last meeting for 2023. The council runs a sprawling municipality of over half a million souls, encompassing Deer Park, Sunshine, St Albans, Kealba, Taylors Lakes and historic Keilor. It was a packed meeting with extra chairs carried in for the many ratepayers who attended.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
quadrant.org.au | David Barton |Walter Starck |Tony Thomas |Christopher Heathcote
The most disturbing thing is how, even though people know something is wrong and not true, they still will not speak upDec 03 20247 minsWe have the most restrictive and onerous fishery management in the world.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
quadrant.org.au | Christopher Heathcote |Rachael Kohn |Amy Brooke |David Jones
The plague of activists attacking art commenced in 2022, when a climate activist threw a cake at the Mona LisaNov 30 202417 minsll the students, bar three, were boys in the large […]Nov 30 202410 mins"Officially in New Zealand it was 'Girls can do anything year'. I was asked to make the boys in my story into girls"Nov 30 202433 minsIt began in 2022, the second-last day of May.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
quadrant.org.au | Christopher Heathcote |Rachael Kohn |Amy Brooke |David Jones
t began in 2022, the second-last day of May. A […]Nov 30 202417 minsll the students, bar three, were boys in the large […]Nov 30 202410 mins"Officially in New Zealand it was 'Girls can do anything year'. I was asked to make the boys in my story into girls"Nov 30 202433 minsAll the students, bar three, were boys in the large university department where I trained to be a religious studies scholar.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
quadrant.org.au | Joe Dolce |Nicholas Hasluck |Laurence Karacsony |Christopher Heathcote
On reflection, [I] would have rather invented a machine that […]Nov 29 202419 mins"I resolved to read all the Powell novels in order, from start to finish, but not in a scholarly way"Nov 29 202419 minsA primary lesson of Greek mythology is the danger of trying to elevate oneself to the status of the godsNov 29 202413 minsOn reflection, [I] would have rather invented a machine that would help farmers with their work: for example a lawnmower.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
quadrant.org.au | Roger Franklin |Joe Dolce |Timothy Cootes |Christopher Heathcote
The MEAA represents journalists but its endorsement of censorship leaves no doubt it doesn't represent journalism or free speech Nov 08 2024 15 mins Nazis, Moonies, Australian communards, all thought they found the answer in the ramshackle South American nation Nov 08 2024 16 mins Despite the Voice's overwhelming rejection, the likes of Thomas Mayo and our cultural elites carry on as if never happened Nov 07 2024 8 mins Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread For...
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
quadrant.org.au | Gary Furnell |Nicholas Hasluck |David Jones |Christopher Heathcote
The three most recent Popes have all offered wise and refreshing perspectives on the role and place of artNov 28 202416 minsTwo movies -- The Assistant and An American Murder -- demonstrate how fiction can shed light on the nature of a place and timeNov 28 202415 minsHow did the marriage of political Islam and the Left come to be?
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
quadrant.org.au | Christopher Akehurst |Michael Connor |Peter SMith |Peter Smith |Christopher Heathcote
Lucien Bodard's account of Graham Jenkins in Saigon is a treasure of literature and biographyNov 02 202411 minsHypocritical is too mild a description for those who lift their snouts from the trough just long enough to pose as workers' championsNov 01 20244 minsStephen King stayed mum when The Shining was released.
