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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Garry Kinnane
- 04 March 2009
6 Comments
In 1972 Auden abandoned New York to live at Christ Church College, Oxford. He was given a cottage in the grounds, and was expected to give occasional talks and be available to
students. It turned out not to be the success everyone had hoped for.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Jessica Frawley
- 02 March 2009
8 Comments
Paintings that once would have once sparked controversy now adorn biscuit tins, umbrellas, notebooks and a range of
other merchandise. We have killed the controversy and challenges faced in the past by branding it to death.
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AUSTRALIA
- Sarah Kanowski
- 13 January 2009
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Working mums were 'offended' and 'disgusted' by Mem Fox's childcare slam. Other critics berated 'selfish mothers' and a society sick with affluenza. There was one word missing word from all the brouhaha: 'fathers'. (September 2008)
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AUSTRALIA
- Sarah Kanowski
- 10 September 2008
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Working mums were 'offended' and 'disgusted' by Mem Fox's childcare slam. Other critics berated 'selfish mothers' and a society sick with affluenza. There was one word missing word from all the brouhaha: 'fathers'.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Patricia Pak Poy
- 15 August 2008
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How would it feel to be a child soldier in West Africa, forced to rape and kill at the age of 15? And where might you seek redemption amid such horrors?
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AUSTRALIA
WYD pilgrims, like Muslim pilgrims to Mecca, know that in the act of travelling, they will learn things about themselves that they could never learn from books and sermons. Pilgrims are warriors whose battles are internal and spiritual.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
One time we were in a meeting when a very important person proposed a very stupid idea. We knew our uncivil friend would pop a gasket, and he did, albeit in memorably incisive fashion. The silence that followed was a remarkable sound.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Rochelle Siemienowicz
- 12 June 2008
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Hope documents the fate of the people-smuggling vessel SIEV-X and the 353 people who died when it sank en route to Australia. The film suggests a parliamentary inquiry is essential into the Howard Government's handling of the tragedy.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Roger Trowbridge
- 11 June 2008
1 Comment
I knew little about Chinese politics, but it suited me to be seen as a 'leftie', and a green hat with a red star
left little room for political ambiguity. What appeared at first as wisps of hair were in fact the legs
of a large creature attempting to step off the
peak of my cap.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Events such as the National Apology and the Northern Territory Intervention loom large in the collective memory. Many of the struggles faced by early 20th century activist Fred Maynard regarding the protection
of Indigenous rights remain with us today.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Paddy O'Reilly
- 12 March 2008
2 Comments
We are part of a crowd walking slowly down to the river bank to watch the fireworks. People smile at me, because I am not one of them. I can appreciate this part of their culture, even though I am a foreigner.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Kevin Gillam
- 04 March 2008
my words are miscarriages ... I keep my tongue wound in my teeth, ignore the throbbing in the gullett, but symptoms find their opening
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