Warwick McFadyen
Warwick McFadyen is a desk editor at The Age.
Spinning out, a mere arm’s length from a terrible fate
A relentless stream of fatal car crashes spurs Warwick McFadyen to cast his mind back to 1977, when he and his mates almost became statistics.
- by Warwick McFadyen
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A moment of joy as a song and its star reunite
For Tracy Chapman, the currents run deep and at their own pace. As an artist, this is the definition of faith.
- by Warwick McFadyen
Opinion
Religion
Completing the circle of humanity is still a worthy ambition
170 years ago, Leight Hunt wrote about “The Religion of the Heart”. His definition of that phrase still has relevance for us all today.
- by Warwick McFadyen
Does prolonging a life mean more than the quality of that life?
Our dog Denis had a good, long life. And we had a good life because of him.
- by Warwick McFadyen
Opinion
Religion
How we removed Defender of the Faith from the monarch’s CV
Pope Leo X revoked the title from Henry VIII, as Gough Whitlam did from the Queen 50 years ago. The title will be Charles III’s, except in Australia.
- by Warwick McFadyen
Force of nature: Why a walk in the park can do you the world of good
The garden forever carries the seasons in the soul. Painters and poets have walked among its flowering, and in autumn drawn forth on it.
- by Warwick McFadyen
Opinion
Religion
After the final goodbye, how do we go on?
Grief is inexpressible, coming up against the horizon of nothingness is beyond words. And yet for three years words have washed up onto the shore.
- by Warwick McFadyen
Opinion
New Year
Should older versions be forgot: How Auld Lang Syne has lifted spirits for centuries
Since poet Robert Burns noted it down from an old man in the 1700s, the song has been covered by artists from Beethoven to Bruce Springsteen.
- by Warwick McFadyen
More than elevator music: Christmas carols provide ray of light
In this festive time of year, the sky, the ceiling, the rafters of churches and the Sidney Myer Music Bowl will be coloured with a choral kaleidoscope.
- by Warwick McFadyen
Opinion
Religion
A book the size of a child’s hand contains multitudes
Countless tributaries have run from the river of words that is the Bible. For a child in Newcastle in the 1970s, holding a little copy was unfathomable.
- by Warwick McFadyen
As the rain falls, still the world comes and goes
As the creeks and rivers rise, know that this day will pass and the waters will recede.
- by Warwick McFadyen
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