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Spare me harsh realities, slay that dragon and let the movies cast a spell
Clem Bastow When economic times are tough, fantasy and cinema come to the rescue, again.
Australia you are not a good friend
Martyn Awayang Namorong I'M on my first visit to Australia right now - and what an introduction to your country. A two-week run of four major cities where I'm meeting politicians, journalists and ordinary Australians.
Writer's block
Heckler I am in pain, wracked by an affliction such that, just when I want to end it all, I'm left with a recurrent dilemma - just how to do it.
Macquarie's mitts all over our supposed Strine
Germaine Greer Australian academics have been laying down the law about my mother-tongue — oops, I mean, of course, mother tongue.
Shop wars are a dirty business
Julie Szego The sign in the shop window near Acland Street caught my attention on a recent afternoon stroll: ''If you don't shop locally, there won't be any local shops.
Abortion politics for export
Chloe Angyal Australians' love of things American must not extend to a growing assault in the US on women's reproductive rights.
I'm in training for music's marathon
Geoff Strong Staging Richard Wagner's four-opera Ring Cycle in the era of the 10-second attention span seems a bit like resurrecting the musical Hair in the age of the Brazilian wax.
Memories of stage fright at a festival in this old town
Martin Flanagan In the theatrical presentation that precedes the AFL's Dreamtime at the 'G game tonight, Shane Howard will sing Solid Rock, the protest song that slipped past the guardians of Oz popular culture 30...
It will take more than a few gay celebrities to empty the closet
Jane Calvert A state gay and lesbian advisory committee can't hurt.
Decoding the email of the species
Annabel Crabb Email. Was there ever a more delightful, terrifying, treacherous invention?
What's your type? A bomber or a kisser, you are what you email
Annabel Crabb Email. Was there ever a more delightful, terrifying, treacherous invention?
The apostrophe is a mother of all battles, but it's no day to keep mum
Richard Castles Among the greater controversies to test mankind, lying in scope somewhere between the question of God and the issue of spanking, is the correct placement of the apostrophe in ''Mothers' Day''.
It's up to us to help young Africans fit in
Denise Ryan Fear is stopping many from welcoming our city's newest migrants.
The PC crowd that's keeping the world of art mediocre
Elizabeth Farrelly The Australia Council is threatened, say some, with change beyond recognition. The question is, will it make any difference? Halfway up the godless bit of Regent Street between Central Station and...
The only dress code is suitability
Nina Funnell Where is the line between offering employees practical advice on ''dressing for success'' and outright sex discrimination?
Why Australian literature is alive and well and living in our universities
Ken Gelder In the Sunday Age and elsewhere over the past few months, universities have been accused of failing to teach enough Australian literature.
Giving way on the road won't kill you either
Ian Munro A TAC safety campaign unfairly lays all the blame on the motorcyclist.
Look life, and death, in the eye and discard the dross
Martin Flanagan There is an epidemic of depression among young people, we are told. There is an oft-quoted prediction of the World Health Organisation that depression will be the most prevalent disorder in the...
Memo ABC: it's not all about you
Michael Shmith My late maternal grandmother, who with the merest sigh could cause ice to form on skirting boards, was acerbic to the point of oxidisation.
'Healthy' body image hysteria has no place in fashion
Helen Razer Vogue is deluded if it thinks its 'get real' diktat can reduce eating disorders.
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