Culture

  • The Slouch of Vietnam

    The Slouch of VietnamWhy should I wear the new slouch hat, the slouch of Vietnam, Why should I share the napalm-guilt of blundering Uncle Sam, Why should I hunt down peasant kids, who fight for rights and rice, Why

  • Not brave enough

    Braveheart Starring Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan and Catherine McCormack Produced and directed by Mel Gibson Reviewed by Barry Healy Scottish history is particularly colourful and fascinating. The wild clans of the Picts

  • The children demand peace

    I Dream of Peace Published by UNICEF and Harper Collins $25 Reviewed by Norman Taylor "Don't ever hurt the children. They're not guilty of anything." This is the plea of a schoolgirl who is one of a great many still suffering from the

  • Waldheim's ghost walks in the Hotel Hibiscus

    What do Kurt Waldheim, Macbeth, Hamlet's uncle the king of Denmark, and "Australian Foreign Minister" Senator Owens in Robert Cockburn's play Hotel Hibiscus have in common? All have had trouble with a ghost. The ghost of their

  • The '60s that began in Mosman

    Hippie Hippie Shake: The Dreams, the Trips, the Trials, the Love-ins, the Screw-ups ... the Sixties By Richard Neville William Heinemann, 1995. 376 pp., $29.95 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon Capitalist society's high and mighty had every

  • Poem: A Black Man

    Poem: A Black ManAboriginal i am a Black man i'm different cause my skin isn't white i'm a Black man a proud one they tried to take it away from me with no hope of success i'm a Black man with nothing to

  • Inspired collaboration

    Canto General: Song of the people Brisbane City Hall Auditorium, May 31 Directed by Mark Dunbar Presented by BEMAC and Brisbane Biennial International Music Festival Reviewed by Lynda Hansen Canto General was presented to 1500 people

  • When the head doesn't quite agree

    When Night is Falling Directed by Patricia Rozema Reviewed by Jen Crothers When Night Is Falling is a beautiful love story set against a background of picturesque Toronto. Camille is a Christian academic who is in love with Martin, a fellow

  • A history lost in the fanfare

    The Brisbane Home Front, 1939-1945 Exhibition, Brisbane City Hall Seven days per week until August 20 Reviewed by Dave Riley After a life in the shadow of my parents' memories of "the War" (as though there have been no others since), the

  • The rediscovery of reality

    Critical Realism: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Roy Bhaskar By Andrew Collier Verso, 1994 Plato Etc: The Problems of Philosophy and their Resolution By Roy Bhaskar Verso, 1994 Reviewed by Neville Spencer The philosophical

  • Shakespeare with continuing relevance

    The Tempest By William Shakespeare Directed by Neil Armfield Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney, until July 2 Reviewed by Helen Jarvis Neil Armfield's production of The Tempest launches the new Company B series at Belvoir Street, part of its

  • Walking free

    Walking freeSentenced to jail my freedom lost just another thing taken from the Koori generation They don't care or understand all i want is our land Long bay jail on my tribal ground i walk on her everyday