Section: Arts And Culture
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Medbh McGuckian
- 02 June 2009
It is as impossible .. To dive into the heart of a woman as to run .. Your head, body and all into her fundament.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
An old joke goes that if you understand Middle East politics, it has not been explained properly. This book places events in their
historical context, and illustrates why the conflict, with its religious and political dimensions, is so difficult to resolve.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
It's frightening how precisely experts predicted the weather and its impact on the seemingly inevitable Black Saturday fires. A new documentary questions the adequacy of the response, given the
veracity of these warning signs.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Anna Griffiths
- 27 May 2009
Machiavelli would surely have loved the complex political environment of the community garden. We would have welcomed him on the evening we turned up to strip the
apricot tree and conduct a community jam session.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
copper bands for arthritis .. your child's latest lego .. a pile of ashes at the turn of a lane .. some small thing .. given back at last
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ARTS AND CULTURE
In the age of equal opportunity and unisex underwear, the feminist movement seems as incendiary as a cup of tea. Then there's ecofeminism, which argues that 'the domination of women and the domination of nature are fundamentally connected'.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
An ancient brotherhood of scientists and artists
with a beef against the hierarchy reemerges to try to hobble the Church. The Pope is dead, and the Church leaders, at their most vulnerable, must rely on an old nemesis to be their saviour.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Andrew Hamilton
- 20 May 2009
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I only met Bud Tingwell once. Like so many others, I went away the
better for the brief encounter. But the meeting also led me to ask
questions about what matters, and how we should nurture it in
Australian society.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Gillian Bouras
- 20 May 2009
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Les Murray describes himself as a poet who is religious
rather than a religious poet, and celebrates a sense of wonder and
mystery. In an increasingly secular age, poetry has a new
function as an alternative or complement to religion.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Shane McCauley
- 19 May 2009
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You will look left and right .. so many times .. the road will never be crossed ... Swim in nothing deeper .. than a basin ... and say a prayer .. before you sleep at night.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Eleanor Massey
- 18 May 2009
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In 1962, Port Kembla was stoked with the dispossessed of the Old World, pouring
steel back into the reconstruction of their war-ravaged homelands.
Now, it's a ghost town. They're putting together an
industrial museum, and that has an ominous ring to it.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Cassandra Golds
- 15 May 2009
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Jones' working life has been devoted to stories. In Through A Glass Darkly, she tells of her father's death. Her account questions the experiences behind modern medical miracles, and acts as a guide for understanding suffering and grief.
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