section: Arts And Culture
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Brian Matthews
- 11 March 2009
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Some rules of thumb: always say 'prior to' instead of
'before', 'in excess of' instead of 'more than' and 'in the approximate
vicinity of' instead of 'about'. It's good to say things like, 'We'll have to real-time this to impact on the offshore numbers'.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Peter Lach-Newinsky
- 10 March 2009
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To attain God everything must go:
will, self, knowledge, word, God Himself ... Their faith is words.
Mine unspeakable.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Paul Cleary
- 09 March 2009
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When East Timor was struggling to get a fair deal in negotiations over Timor Sea oil, Kenneally rallied his mates to fight. Appearing on national television, he told Prime Minister Howard: 'I'd rather you did not come to my ANZAC Day parade.'
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Science journalist Hannah Holmes turns a cool, scientific eye back on us, reminding us of our mammalian origins and bringing us down to size. 'Knobby', pink-skinned and ludicrously top heavy, our peculiarity is also the
key to our success.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 05 March 2009
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Those who expect a portrait of a monster will be disappointed. Stone's Bush is not
exactly sympathetic. But he is human. He is even
likeable.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Garry Kinnane
- 04 March 2009
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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
Poor Armadu .. His sixth son is crying .. his wife is pregnant with his seventh ..
Armadu's belly must be full of a poor man's joy.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Jessica Frawley
- 02 March 2009
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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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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Toby Davidson
- 27 February 2009
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Sixteen Indigenous authors contribute stories of creation, love and yearning for place. Their
country is one whose ancient landscape and traditions of custodianship
were violently disrupted well before the 2009 fires.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 26 February 2009
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We received an email from an acquaintance of Harry Nicolaides, a journalist and Eureka Street contributor. Harry had been arrested in Bangkok: 'Publish his story. He is in a bad condition. Please help.' We acted immediately.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Margaret McCarthy
- 24 February 2009
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But there are times .. as I pass through half-life .. when I want to fly up where you are .. drift as far as the geometric pattern cuttings of the docks .. where the Yarra Yarra and the Maribyrnong meet
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tony Smith
- 20 February 2009
In contrast to tabloid
television coverage of fires, Lohrey's writing explains much of our relationship to the bush. Like plaques in town halls honouring fallen soldiers, the task of rebuilding devastated communities is embedded in the national psyche.
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