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Warwick McFadyen

Warwick McFadyen

Brisbane Times

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Trump, Afghanistan and the songs that tell a different story

03.02.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

Warwick McFadyen

When faith and love make a religion of two

There was a time, not so long ago, that Catholic-Anglican hatred defined Australian life. Some had the good sense to rise above it.

31.01.2026 10

The Age

Warwick McFadyen

There are existential threats? And then there’s the real thing

More and more, the shadow of a phrase is stalking us. But there’s a glimmer of hope if we can find the thread.

28.12.2025 10

The Age

Warwick McFadyen

The quiet contemplation of a poet

Many of Rainer Maria Rilke’s poems speak of silence. These days, silence is a foreign country.

08.11.2025 10

The Age

Warwick McFadyen

Why carrying a heart within a heart is a consummate expression of faith

If we are lucky, we live carrying a heart within our own, everywhere we go, no matter how our lives might change.

04.10.2025 10

The Age

Warwick McFadyen

Palm Beach, Florida: latitude, 26.7 N – Gaza City: latitude, 31.5 N

12.09.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Warwick McFadyen

Wattle it be: Awakening to the turning of the seasons

Tomorrow, we awake to Wattle Day. How often does loveliness become official?

31.08.2025 10

The Age

Warwick McFadyen

Bendigo writers' festival fiasco

18.08.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Warwick McFadyen

Starvation is the constant companion of children in Gaza

10.08.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Warwick McFadyen

The indefinable algorithms of the spirit

What causes the chambers of the heart to move? Something beyond calculations.

13.07.2025 20

The Age

Warwick McFadyen

Faith in the universal language of music

George Michael said you gotta have faith, and he was right.

24.05.2025 10

The Age

Warwick McFadyen

Power and alienation

11.03.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Warwick McFadyen

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 20

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 10

The Age

Warwick McFadyen