Chloroform in Print - the prose of Kevin Rudd
- David Free
This February, The Monthly magazine took a perverse editorial step. It ran a 7,700 word essay by the Prime Minister entitled, not very tantalisingly at all, “The Global Financial Crisis.” For the second time in three issues the great man himself was pictured on the magazine’s front cover, looking like Ralph Wiggum dressed up for a funeral. Read more
Sing out with bursting hearts - our lives will soon be richer
Beat the big drum brothers and sisters - bang the gong.
Our culture wars are fading to a dim memory now but the heroes of those times are with us still.
With its proper direction no longer contested, our nation’s culture has regained its momentum. Read more
The Dark Lining
- Elizabeth Prater
The afternoon heat was brutal outside but my guest wanted to smoke. Positioning the ashtray and lighting his first, he readied himself and began.
“As media pundits and politicians shift around in their saddles to find the best way to ride out the global economic downturn, expert financial commentators are reporting on a troubling side-effect for the arts sector. Read more