Section: Arts And Culture
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Nadine Rabah
- 16 November 2011
30 Comments
Last year, in year ten, we had a subject called 'Religion and Society'. During a lesson on Islam one of the girls said 'I hate Muslims, the world would be better without them.' I bit my lip, turned around and said 'I'm a Muslim.' Confused, she replied, 'But you're nice.'
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Brian Doyle
- 15 November 2011
4 Comments
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and he was essentially a blameless dude, and unarrogant, and he was blessed with seven sons, and three daughters, which is a startling number ...
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Brian Matthews
- 11 November 2011
1 Comment
Bush towns settle into their landscape. The galvanised-iron roofs and encircling verandahs squat with a certainty and a determination that only nature at its worst — fire or flood — might disrupt. Coastal towns, conversely, know all about the uncertain nature of existence.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 10 November 2011
There's nothing to say a father who had hoped for a miracle, but instead watched his child wilt and die. His sleep is filled either with dreams where she's alive, or nightmares where he watches her die all over again. I'm not sure which would be worse: to fear going to sleep, or to regret waking up.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Gillian Bouras
- 09 November 2011
7 Comments
In their Greek travels, 20th century writers Lawrence Durrell and Henry Miller tried to construct a sort of paradise for themselves. Most foreign inhabitants of Greece try to do the same. I certainly did. I hope now that there is a chance of Paradise being regained.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Lorraine McGuigan
- 08 November 2011
3 Comments
Grabbing my hand you drew a line on your chest, moving on to make the sign of the cross. Or so it seemed. Priest! You want a priest? I said, puzzled yet pleased to read your mind. You rolled your eyes, looked up to the ceiling, slowly shook your head.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 03 November 2011
1 Comment
Nino and Bernie are nasty pieces of work. They preside over criminal activities with arrogance and amorality, and substantiate sinister personas with easy violence. In a post-politically correct world, it's okay for Jews to be bad guys, too.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Alison Sampson
- 02 November 2011
22 Comments
'Did I have a brother once?' asks a little boy, no longer sure. His mother's eyes fill with tears. 'Yes, darling. A long time ago, you had a baby brother of your own.' He shouts triumphantly, 'I did have a brother!' and runs off. We mothers glance at each other, then look away. There are no words.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Marlene Marburg
- 01 November 2011
24 Comments
Two blessings, one resurrected, one still in the tomb. We are not pre-Vatican. We think whole, body and soul ... We are not parrots in a pew trembling.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 27 October 2011
4 Comments
At its heart is an act of violence against a child. But on the whole The Slap stands as an epic parable of middle class Australia. The tagline 'Whose side are you on?' is a furphy: it is impossible to wholly sympathise with any character.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Helen Hagemann
- 25 October 2011
He drew fear from flood and seedless sun. She traded contradiction for curves and valley hips, verdant sod of earth, reckless drift of goats. When the bailiff came, the end of lamb and beef, she clung to rock and let the salt erupt ...
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 20 October 2011
In 2002, jockey Damien Oliver rode to Melbourne Cup glory, one week after his brother, Jason, was killed in a racing incident. The Cup, a paean to the Golden Age of Australian cinema, recreates the tragic and inspirational events in style.
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