Keywords: Myself And The Other
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 09 October 2009
15 Comments
Christopher Hitchens appeared on Q+A last week with Frank Brennan and others to debate questions of belief. Hitchens was a sharp debater, relentless in pointing out the flaws in fellow panelists' arguments. But Brennan was a worthy opponent.
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AUSTRALIA
The boys of Lebanon have found a niche in Aussie pop culture. Several recent films deal with Arab-Australians as the 'other',
examining the extent of their assimilation, the codes they live
by, and their functions within a 'tolerant' society.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Marriages are houses and unless you keep cleaning, repainting and using duct tape with deft punctilio, everything sags and mould wins.
The first divorce I saw up close, like the first car crash you see up close, is imprinted on the inside of my eyelids.
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RELIGION
- Frank O'Shea
- 05 June 2009
24 Comments
After a lifetime in schools run by
religious orders, I am appalled to think abuse against children in institutions in Ireland was 'endemic'. I try to persuade myself that 'Brendan', the saintliest man I ever knew, cancels out the bad eggs.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Andrew Hamilton
- 20 May 2009
10 Comments
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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INFORMATION
- Greg Windle
- 23 February 2009
7 Comments
While it is tragic that the Church has refused to countenance ongoing
discussion about homosexuality, women priests, and a host of other
issues, neither can I see how the stance taken by St
Mary's on these and other matters can advance
the causes of religion or reason.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Kathryn Hamann
- 09 December 2008
1 Comment
You are the city that recognised .. no temple but yourself ... those precious sparkling walls of intellect ... Shall I go down and trouble .. you with my touch? You as yet able .. to bar the gates
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 13 March 2008
8 Comments
It may be tempting to believe that the 4WD we were driving while talking on our mobile phone has bumped over a wombat. Responsibility involves upfront acknowledgement of the negligent behaviour that has caused suffering to others.
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AUSTRALIA
- Paul Daffey
- 24 December 2006
Andy Gemmell, who is 54, is in Australia on a long holiday during which he’s going to the cricket and the races and catching up with friends he met through the Compton Arms in Islington, London. The main difference between Andy and other Ashes tourists is that Andy is blind. From 12 December 2006.
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RELIGION
- Paul Daffey
- 23 December 2006
Andy Gemmell, who is 54, is in Australia on a long holiday during which he’s going to the cricket and the races and catching up with friends he met through the Compton Arms in Islington, London. The main difference between Andy and other Ashes tourists is that Andy is blind.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Brian Matthews
- 06 July 2006
‘Pavillon now OPEN. Surving FOOD and DRIN’. This sign, propped up outside Spencer Street Station, was attracting a lot of passing attention the other morning.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Mark Carkeet
- 13 June 2006
Mark Carkeet celebrates the life and work of Evelyn Waugh.
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