Reflections on OrwellAuthor: David Duffy A little while ago, I chaired a talk on George Orwell and his significance in the year 2021. “Orwellian” is now part of our language and cultural hemisphere. In my vote of thanks, I quoted the early 19th century Russian monk Pechorin in his letter to Alexander Herzen, the famous […]
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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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39th Round Table Forum of Western Heritage Australia. Evening of the 9th May 2017. Held in the Jubilee Room, NSW Parliament House, 6 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW.
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29th Round Table Forum of Western Heritage Australia. Evening of the 12th August 2014. Held in the Waratah Room, NSW Parliament House, 6 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW.
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