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Quiet please: When silence speaks louder than words

Quiet please: When silence speaks louder than words

I'm Nobody! Who are you? Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading Are you - Nobody - too? How dreary - to be -...

29.08.2026 20

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

I'm with you, Mick. There's no satisfaction in growing old

Sir Mick Jagger, 83, has just much-reportedly declared that "there's nothing good" about growing old and Mr Ian Warden, 80, almost...

22.08.2026 20

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

Why I can forgive Mark Parton's frivolous f-bomb

"Boredom: that state of diffuse restlessness which contains that most absurd and paradoxical wish, the wish for a desire." Subscribe now for...

15.08.2026 30

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

Should a well-read snob see Nolan's Odyssey? Ian Warden agonises

"It lacks psychological, emotional, political and ethical depth ... The writing is abysmal." Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or...

08.08.2026 30

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

Why we're all drawn to colour in these dark and dreary times

Canberra! City of unexpected thrills and delights! Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading One morning last week, idly...

01.08.2026 30

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

The one thing that transforms even the ugliest Canberra suburb

Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading over the federal capital city - This columnist's respectful Canberra...

25.07.2026 30

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

Name your favourite Yank - no need to make a song and dance about it

Yes, the current president of the United States is one of the most loathsome men ever born, and yes, 36 per cent of polled Americans are foolish...

18.07.2026 30

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

Football, Messi and make-believe: Warden's World Cup delirium

"Some believe football [soccer] is a matter of life and death - but it's much, much more important than that." Subscribe now for...

11.07.2026 30

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

Pauline the Appalling v Albo the Inadequate

"Whoever wants to preach effectively must preach with love." Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading Saint...

04.07.2026 30

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

Pauline the Appalling v Albo the Inadequate

"Whoever wants to preach effectively must preach with love." Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading Saint...

04.07.2026 50

The Examiner

Ian Warden

Beethoven topped this poll - now if only he could beat One Nation

"So come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never planned. Just think of happy things, and your heart will fly on wings, forever, in...

13.06.2026 30

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

Why visiting art galleries can leave you flat on the floor

Readers, let me tell you the one big problem with art galleries, and especially with Canberra's National Gallery of Australia and National...

05.06.2026 60

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

Paws for thought: the lost art of slow looking in a screen-addled world

"What is the meaning of life? The great revelation had never come. Instead, there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck...

30.05.2026 40

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

The science of beauty - and why Angus Taylor makes my skin crawl

"This wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One of us has to go." Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to...

23.05.2026 40

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

My hero was right: democracy is just jackals and jackasses

"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of...

16.05.2026 50

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

Gina, Pauline and a friendship that's really taking off

"If you want to know what God thinks of money just look at the sorts of people He gives it to." Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or...

08.05.2026 40

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

Why the quest to conquer Everest is the peak of male stupidity

"Because it's there." Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading - Mountaineer George Mallory's...

30.04.2026 40

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

Man, I'd really wish they'd let me join a women-only gym

Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading I can't abide them even now and then Of all the types I've ever met...

25.04.2026 50

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

As the leaves begin to fall, leaders show their true colours

"What shade of orange is Donald Trump?" Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading Headline in Fast Company...

18.04.2026 50

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

Post-Trump times are coming soon. Can I get an Alleluia?

It is so easy to let satanic Donald Trump and the Hell-bent America that has spawned him drive us all to drink, to despair, to the psychiatrist's...

11.04.2026 60

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

The art of looking up: Why Constable's clouds are the escape we need right now

High on the soft blue canvases of Constable Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading they are stuck in pigment, but his...

04.04.2026 50

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

The absurd tragedy of genius minds trying to comprehend a moron's actions

"Can IQ tests settle whether Trump is a moron or not?" Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading This unkind...

28.03.2026 50

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

When the news gives us the blues

Enter the columnist, with an idea: Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading To follow the news, or to avoid the news,...

21.03.2026 50

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

If only Albo's heart wasn't so inconsistent and selective

As I write, our often hard-hearted nation is showing some tender-heartedness towards the Iranian soccer players who want to stay in Australia....

14.03.2026 70

The Examiner

Ian Warden

If only Albo's heart wasn't so inconsistent and selective

As I write, our often hard-hearted nation is showing some tender-heartedness towards the Iranian soccer players who want to stay in Australia....

14.03.2026 70

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

In praise of tortoise trains that foster a welcome change of pace

"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a railway carriage, alone with his thoughts, on a five-hour...

06.03.2026 70

The Examiner

Ian Warden

In praise of tortoise trains that foster a welcome change of pace

"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a railway carriage, alone with his thoughts, on a five-hour...

06.03.2026 60

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

Where is Albo's vaunted compassion and kindness now?

"Q: Why do so many people take an instant dislike to Bronwyn Bishop? Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading A:...

27.02.2026 50

The Examiner

Ian Warden

Where is Albo's vaunted compassion and kindness now?

"Q: Why do so many people take an instant dislike to Bronwyn Bishop? Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading A:...

27.02.2026 60

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

Five decades later, my UK hometown still plucks at my heartstrings

I met my love by the gasworks wall Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading Dreamed a dream by the old canal I kissed...

19.02.2026 60

The Examiner

Ian Warden

Five decades later, my UK hometown still plucks at my heartstrings

I met my love by the gasworks wall Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading Dreamed a dream by the old canal I kissed...

19.02.2026 50

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

Shifty men and their superficial tinsel - Lord, help me

You see yonder fellow called 'a lord,' Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading Who struts, and stares, and...

16.02.2026 60

The Examiner

Ian Warden

Shifty men and their superficial tinsel - Lord, help me

You see yonder fellow called 'a lord,' Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading Who struts, and stares, and...

13.02.2026 50

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

A sure sign that Australian television has gone to the dogs

05.02.2026 50

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

Should I have done things differently, dear readers?

30.01.2026 50

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

A week of rueful days leaves me grateful for thrills and delights

24.01.2026 50

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

Vividly remembering my first ever pin-up

16.01.2026 60

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

What does your reflection say each morning when you look in the mirror?

09.01.2026 40

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

Cry me a river, Sussan. Not everyone likes to shed tears in public

02.01.2026 50

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

Singing sacred music in the Gents ends my self-imposed solitude

26.12.2025 50

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

Who allowed those shameless Daleks in The House?

19.12.2025 40

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

A Christmas miracle that every Canberran can witness for free

12.12.2025 40

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

Without this, Lake Burley Griffin is a characterless waste of space

06.12.2025 40

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

Feel chummy with famous people? There's a word for that, you know

29.11.2025 50

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

A giant statue of Whitlam atop Black Mountain? Now there's a big idea

21.11.2025 40

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

One of those dreams: night terrors of our terrifying times

14.11.2025 30

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

A Schadenfreude Jamboree: Why Andrew's fall feels so good... and so wrong

07.11.2025 50

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

What transported me from my smug life in this smug city

25.10.2025 40

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

On my recent holiday, I gave in to the yearnings of my inner ape

18.10.2025 40

Canberra Times

Ian Warden

Ever stopped to wonder why we're getting more stupid?

10.10.2025 50

Canberra Times

Ian Warden