Politics and the English Language: an Update
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Politics and the English Language: An Update
Speaker(s): Barry Spurr | Miranda Devine Date: 2016-10-05 Venue: Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Level 17, 8-12 Chifley Square (entrance via Hunter Street), Sydney Time: 5.30 for 6pm
Politics and the English Language: an Introduction to Professor Barry Spurr
Professor Barry Spurr was a member of the academic staff of the Department of English in the University of Sydney for 40 years and was Australia’s first Professor of Poetry. Spurr touched off a bitter debate by denouncing the modern school curriculum for English studies. Miranda Devine, commentator and columnist for The Daily Telegraph and [...]
Older and Wiser – Remembering Frank Devine
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Older And Wiser – Remembering Frank Devine
Growing old is an aspect of human experience only thinly covered in literature. Frank Devine was a columnist and long-time newspaper man for News Limited. When Frank reached 70, he decided to write all about it – about being home alone when his wife was hospitalised, on being a grandparent, long-term marriage and so on. [...]
Older and Wiser – Remembering Frank Devine
Speaker(s): Miranda Devine Date: 2010-02-16 Venue: Clayton Utz Seminar Room, Level 30, 1 O’Connell Street, Sydney Time: 6:00pm (arrive at 5:30pm)