Australian children encounter Aesop’s fables early on in their lives. Well known amongst a long list of over a hundred titles attributed to him include: The Boy who cried Wolf, The Tortoise and the Hare, The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs, The Fox and the Grapes, and The North Wind and the Sun. The […]
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No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no one deny, or delay right or justice.
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A photo-essay taking in a slice of bronze statues that can be found around Hyde Park, the Domain and the Botanic Gardens. Past Monarchs, explorers, playwrights, poets, and Governors are found in this area, as is the magnificent Archibald fountain with its mythical Greek themes.
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Dr James Lindsay talks about the varying degrees of Wokeness. He suggests ways in which one might bring adherents back into the light.
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A Language of an oft Conquered IsleAuthor: P. Henge. Most languages of the world have well defined structures stemming from a single origin, albeit with a few foreign notes – not unlike a good vintage wine. Yet English, to be sure, is non-vintage, but just as stressed grapes create the best wines, so the tortured […]
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The New Culture Forum proudly presents Heresies, Episode 4: “Britain’s Silent Cultural Revolution”, presented by Emma Webb (#NCFHeresies). In the year of Black Lives Matter protests following the death of the American George Floyd, we have seen Britain in the grip of a revolutionary and iconolastic fervour. Statues have been toppled and defaced, historic buildings […]
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For more than thirty years, appointed Governors (Phillip, Hunter, King, Bligh, Macquarie, and Brisbane) exercised powers in the colony of New South Wales (N.S.W.) which exceeded those of the King of England. These powers would have been illegal in England unless ratified by an Act of Parliament.
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Are you Ware of Woke?Author: P. Henge 22 May 2021 A year ago in 2020, I had not heard the term Woke, but it is now in 2021 all around us yet still misunderstood by most. Recently, I asked someone for a definition and received the reply that woke meant cool. For many others it seems, […]
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53rd Round Table Forum of Western Heritage Australia. Evening of the 6th May 2021. Held in the Henry Carmichael Theatre, Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts, 280 Pitt St, Sydney NSW.
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The IPA wrote:The National Curriculum could remove all references to Christianity, Ancient Greece and the history of Western Civilisation in Australian schools, and treat the arrival of the First Fleet as an “invasion” in radical new changes being proposed. Dr Bella d’Abrera’s research was featured on the front page of The Daily Telegraph. Bella said […]
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The IPA’s Dr Bella d’Abrera explains why critical race theory has turned into critical race practice in Australian schools. “It tells children to hate themselves, it is tyranny of the mind” and it must be banned from Australian schools.
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This royal throne of kings, this scepter’d isle,This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,This other Eden, demi-paradise,This fortress built by Nature for herselfAgainst infection and the hand of war,This happy breed of men, this little world,This precious stone set in the silver sea,Which serves it in the office of a wall,Or as a moat […]
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This kind of thinking undermines Western society at two levels. On a macro level, the heretofore dominant narrative of Western success—the gradual development of liberal political and economic institutions and changing attitudes to reason, science, commerce, and innovation—is being undermined by the increasingly popular view that the West got rich by making the rest of the world poor.
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“FOR SOME MEN NOTHING IS WRITTEN UNLESS THEY WRITE IT.” This interesting line was once used in reference to the late T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia).
It is a damn tempting precept to take up and I have often been a disciple when I have creatively jay-walked contrary to traffic regulations and infringed on other municipal by-laws at random – but I value the rule of law none the less.
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