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David Marr
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David Marr | The Nation Reviewed | Dec 2009 - Jan 2010 | Society & Culture
Sydney’s brand new archbishop wanted money – lots and lots of money – to persuade 400,000 souls in the nation’s most sinful city “to serve Christ in love” within a decade. By chance – or malign good fortune, perhaps – Peter Jensen’s passion for growth was exactly in tune with the times. In 2002, he...
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David Marr | The Monthly Essays | Politics | September 2009
Read the full 9000-word essay free online.
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David Marr | The Monthly Essays | Politics | September 2009
The Jaffaris are Hazaras from Afghanistan, a people long persecuted as Shia Muslims in a country overwhelmingly Sunni. Sharif was still a boy when he fled the country to grow up in the large Hazara community in Iran. At some point, he moved to Pakistan and raised a family in Quetta. But as inter-...
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David Marr | Literature | Public event | Sydney | Sydney Writers' Festival | Culture
In this Sydney Writers' Festival event, David Marr 'launches' Nicolas Rothwell's The Red Highway. Following this, Rothwell himself speaks about the writing of the book, and the intentions behind it.The book is the story of a quest - a journey down the red highway. In it, Rothwell exp... » play video
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Part 1 | Part 2 Writer and journalist Annabel Crabb speaks to David Marr about the subject of her new Quarterly Essay, Stop At Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull.Crabb delves into Turnbull's colourful past as well as his current relations with the Liberal Party. She asks whethe... » play video
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David Marr | The Nation Reviewed | Dec 2008 - Jan 2009 | Society & Culture
I was putting on a bit of dog for the fresh envoy of a Great European Nation. This was deep in the Howard era, and we were drinking coffee in one of the sitting rooms the Sydney Morning Herald used to have for receiving notables. The new ambassador, a man of pugnacious energy but approaching his...
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David Marr | Arts | Melbourne | Photography | Public event | Readings | Culture
Journalist and writer David Marr speaks passionately and intelligently about the recent sagas involving photographer Bill Henson, which are the subject of his new book, The Henson Case.Presented by Readings at Cinema Nova.Melbourne, October 2008... » play video
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David Marr | The Monthly Essays | April 2008 | Society & Culture
We climbed down and after some hesitation found a spot where waves were washing through a rock pool. A couple of fishermen had lines in the surf not far off. One of the young friends wanted to read a love poem by Cavafy and said a few words about Manoly meeting the poet in Cairo, an old man in a...
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David Marr hosts a discussion with Margaret Simons and Michael Gawenda about the current state of the media, in particular the print media, and the challenges presented by new online media outlets.Writers at the Convent (Part 2 of 2)... » play video
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David Marr | Media | Melbourne | Public event | Society
David Marr hosts a discussion with Margaret Simons and Michael Gawenda about the current state of the media, in particular the print media, and the challenges presented by new online media outlets.Writers at the Convent (Part 1 of 2) Click here for Part 2... » play video
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David Marr | The Nation Reviewed | Dec 2006 - Jan 2007
"I think that is so outrageous," brayed Andrew Bolt. We were sitting in the armchairs of the ABC's Insiders, cameras rolling, the morning after chunks of Chris Masters' Jonestown began appearing in the press. Bolt's voice was steady and angry. "I've read the excerpts...
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