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Patricia Edgar

Pearls and Irritations

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Lord of the Flies in the age of Trump

Lord of the Flies in the age of Trump

William Golding’s Lord of the Flies remains a bleak meditation on power, fear and civilisation. In today’s politics, its allegory feels newly...

28.02.2026 10

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Patricia Edgar

Song Sung Blue: a joyful tribute to enduring partnerships, grit and second chances

24.01.2026 10

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Patricia Edgar

Linklater and Hawke turn a broken partnership into riveting cinema

23.01.2026 10

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Patricia Edgar

The man who puts his name on everything

20.01.2026 10

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Best of 2025 - Age policy is a shambles. Where to from here? Part 1 & 2

09.01.2026 10

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Patricia Edgar

2025 in Review: ageing, policy failure and a year of misplaced priorities

15.12.2025 4

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Investigative journalists are the heroes of our time

19.11.2025 7

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The press and the Dismissal – Part III

06.11.2025 10

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The press and the Dismissal – Part II

05.11.2025 10

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The press and the Dismissal – Part I

04.11.2025 6

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Grieving for the US

16.10.2025 10

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Patricia Edgar

Age policy is a shambles. Where to from here? Part 1 & 2

30.09.2025 9

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Patricia Edgar

The central role of government support for the Arts in defining our national culture

09.09.2025 10

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How the Fourth Estate failed journalists

31.08.2025 10

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How to understand Donald J Trump

22.08.2025 8

The New Daily

Patricia Edgar

Understanding Donald J. Trump

20.08.2025 7

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Patricia Edgar

We need media literacy programs for children, not a ban on social media

11.08.2025 10

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Effective philanthropy: A model partnership

22.07.2025 9

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Banning social media for kids is not the answer. Jonathan Haidt is wrong

24.06.2025 5

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Albanese should remember his childhood – and the rhymes he learnt

06.06.2025 10

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What is education for these days?

20.05.2025 8

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Where has all the laughter gone?

01.05.2025 6

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‘Adolescence’, misogyny and the power of television

06.04.2025 10

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Patricia Edgar