The Bard believed that love was love
The news of Brunei’s sternly Islamic intentions coincides with strong new assertions that William Shakespeare was almost certainly a homosexual.
- by Ian Warden
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Canberra life
Can you hear the philistines, Francesco?
Michelangelo’s marble David is like a member of another species, Homo everlastingus, whereas perishable, waxen Francesco is endearingly one of us.
- by Ian Warden
Why classical music trumps melancholy every time
When I come to power, the arts will be so subsidised as to make fine music concerts inviting to battlers.
- by Ian Warden
Opinion
Canberra life
Canberra’s dull, skulking skylines
How has it happened that Canberra still does not have a single conspicuous building that makes one go “Wow!” with shock/delight?
- by Ian Warden
Times are troubled when atheists turn to prayer
What’s going on, when normally irreligious folk turn to prayer?
- by Ian Warden
Opinion
Drones
Beware of adulterers and delivery drones
The famous claim by some imaginative Bonython residents that the drones drove all of the wildlife out is reminiscent of the best work of the Brothers Grimm.
- by Ian Warden
The abuse of power and what might have been
Atheists of Australia! Lend me your ears. How should we react to the disgrace of George Pell?
- by Ian Warden
Van Gogh’s genius severely tested by Floriade
So many of Vincent Van Gogh's subjects are people, places and objects we ignore, when of course, ogled with vision they are objects of wonder.
- by Ian Warden
Opinion
Pell verdict
What goes on in hell? Will there be NIMBYs there?
Ian Warden wonders what George Pell will find if he really goes to hell, as hecklers outside court forecast the cardinal will.
- by Ian Warden
Ask yourselves, fellow Homo underevolvus, what planet are we on?
Do you sort of half-believe our dear planet is terribly menaced, while, somehow, feeling able to go on living your everyday lives as if everything is eternally tickety-boo?
- by Ian Warden
Opinion
Drones
Endearing Albert Finney scorned the snobmongers
Yes, I know that the Australian honours system is only a cousin of the British one but there are still some snobbery-tinged similarities.
- by Ian Warden
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