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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Brian Doyle
- 30 March 2010
13 Comments
Augustine. Wondrous lesson, that man, but he has been imprisoned by theology. Grant me chastity but not yet, everyone knows that hilarious remark.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Colm McNaughton
- 29 March 2010
10 Comments
It is becoming clear that we are probably not going to avert cataclysmic forms of climate change. The foundational Greek and Hebraic imaginaries, the mythical
narratives that frame western civilisation, can no longer contain,
inform and explain what
we experience. We need new stories.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Brian Matthews
- 25 March 2010
5 Comments
Few people give a toss about Bilbies, the Arts
or Heritage, but the moment someone rediscovers them and deems them indispensable, only to find that
Bilbies are disappearing and Arts and Heritage are in palliative care,
Garrett's a goner — again.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Vinay Verma
- 23 March 2010
As angels of innocence cast .. Imperfect shadows .. God idioms are intoned .. Perfunctory .. As morning ablutions .. Disciples invoking pacts of compromise .. Offering souls and solutions .. Silent in their conspiracy
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Jasmine-Kim Westendorf
- 22 March 2010
13 Comments
Some say that not only is The Female Enuch of little relevance today: it never was relevant. Such arguments are often based more on attacks on Greer personally, and
feminism generally, than considered critiques of the value of the
feminist agenda set out in the book.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Philip Harvey
- 19 March 2010
2 Comments
The poet Rainer Maria Rilke's 'God', writes Stephanie Dowrick, 'is a vulnerable neighbour one moment, like a clump
of a hundred roots the next; an ancient work of art, then a
much-needed hand, a cathedral, a dreamer. Absent here, breath-close
there; as often in darkness as in light.'
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 18 March 2010
1 Comment
Dave Hughes' presence in the line-up is likely justified more by ratings potential
than by any insights he might offer. The good will inherent to The 7pm Project's presentation makes it
a positive alternative to other more lecherous, leach-like current
affairs programs.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Eleanor Massey
- 17 March 2010
7 Comments
The cockatoo screeched, hurling himself against
the windows of a Pitt Street high-rise. He didn't have a branch to sit on. We Sydney-siders, jammed between tower blocks which cut out the sun, and
pavements shutting off the earth, were in sympathy. Thank God for McDonald's.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
In the winter
sun a soul
twitches neck and
head, neck
buried in the pulse
of a round and thinking
flesh.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 11 March 2010
2 Comments
The soldiers are trained to walk through walls, become invisible and killgoats with only their minds. It's difficult todiscern any particular satirical point to the story aside from the occasionalnod to non-violence and the turtuous capabilities of Barney theDinosaur.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Suzanne Hemming
- 10 March 2010
9 Comments
The Singaporeans have heavy fines for
antisocial behaviour such as spitting and swearing. It works for them,
and creates a pleasant, safe environment for tourists. But the lack
of seats suggests something more: a form of social control.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
it’s a god of sugar, a god of shallow forgives, it’s a god of stained truth and glass asunder.
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