tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815203981220831859.post2750603962981321629..comments2019-08-17T02:56:09.573+10:00Comments on poetry &amp; ideas: TWO & A HALF CHEERS FOR CHRISTOPHER HEATHCOTEcollectedworkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10768731698615085925noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815203981220831859.post-52018374462639865242013-10-19T17:31:39.838+11:002013-10-19T17:31:39.838+11:00Well hello John... Re- LM, might well be he has wi...<br />Well hello John... Re- LM, might well be he has wider brief than masthead suggests... I&#39;d say he has... <br />Re- &#39;right wing rag&#39; : if there was a &#39;left wing&#39; perhaps that epithet might ring truer! These days the more commentary from all positions there is to read the better I like it. Christopher&#39;s articles published in Quadrant are a credit to that mag. <br />In Weymouth I dip into every paper &amp; journal at the Library, buy one of the rags from WH Smiths, take it with me to the Phoenix for closer read as i sip hot choc &amp; munch an Eccles. And feel the better for it!<br />Thinking back on some of the Australian Left&#39;s characterizations of opponents back in the 60s appalls me : not only what was sometimes stated of an individual but that no other opinion would check or balance it. The young ignoramus i was in Melbourne in the 60s was a sucker for all kinds of smear &amp; slander. I suspect a young[er] Melbourne audience/readership today are similarly impoverished &amp; potentially misled!<br />It comes back to me that one often found a better (that is inspiring &amp; challenging) critique in the poems, reviews &amp; essays of the day (60s, 70s, 80s) than the political rags.<br />Good to talk with you!<br />Best wishes,<br />Kris <br /> <br /><br /><br />collectedworkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10768731698615085925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815203981220831859.post-28460633095267732352013-10-13T10:26:51.881+11:002013-10-13T10:26:51.881+11:00Hi, Kris. You say &quot;Quadrant magazine... Not t...Hi, Kris. You say &quot;Quadrant magazine... Not the first place one would look for art commentary but, as I understand it, author &amp; editor have struck a chord and so the articles flow. The opening paragraph of the Cossington Smith piece might offer a clue to Christopher Heathcote&#39;s &amp; Les Murray&#39;s accord.&quot; <br /><br />Last time I looked, the editorial board of Quadrant runs like this: &quot;Editor, Keith Windschuttle. Deputy Editor, George Thomas. Literary Editor, Les Murray. Editor Quadrant Online, Roger Franklin...&quot; <br /><br />Les Murray has never been the editor of Quadrant, though some may think of him as the éminence grise of that staunchly right-wing rag. <br /><br />best, John Tranter.John Tranterhttp://johntranter.comnoreply@blogger.com