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Warwick Mcfadyen

Warwick Mcfadyen

Brisbane Times

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I thought a goat herder’s coat would help me fit in with the locals

In a parallel universe I must have been a goat herder or a shepherd, or worse, a hippie. How else to explain the garment that hangs silently in the...

06.01.2025 5

The Age

Warwick Mcfadyen

Let us be gardeners of our souls

I was walking with my daughter one recent afternoon, the sun was still high enough to throw out heat, but a light southerly was taking the edge off...

04.01.2025 7

The Age

Warwick Mcfadyen

When tragedy strikes the world slips off its axis. But there are small consolations

Most of the time you go about your daily life, travel through the streets of habit and knowability without a thought. You’ve walked this path so...

01.11.2024 4

The Age

Warwick Mcfadyen

The MSO knew what its pianist was playing. So why did it shoot the messenger?

In recent days we have seen a shooting in Melbourne. Not fatal, but wounding just the same. It occurred when the medium and the message appeared on...

19.08.2024 5

The Age

Warwick Mcfadyen

The supreme influencer: A bluesman who shaped rock legends

Damn right I’ve got the blues. John Mayall has left this earthly stage. The godfather of British blues and a legend both sides of the Atlantic and,...

26.07.2024 2

The Age

Warwick Mcfadyen