Can Great Poetry Survive the Post-revolutionary West?
This is the text of a presentation given to the Sydney Traditionalist Forum on 27 September 2019 by Prof. Barry Spurr, as part of the…
George Orwell
Past and Future Gulags
Vladimir Solovyov’s insightful The Crisis of Western Philosophy can enlighten us today as to the importance of re-telling history to educate subsequent generations. With its…
2017 Symposium II – Barry Spurr
Reclaiming the University The tolerance practised by modern elites is tyrannical. They say: ‘You must listen to what I am going to say. Then you…
The “Cashless Society” – Opportunities and Risks
A Report into the 36th Round Table Forum of Western Heritage Australia, NSW Parliament House. On 9 August 2016, Luke Torrisi participated in the Round…
A Reflection on Joseph Pearce’s “A Christian Response to Europe’s Crisis”
Joseph Pearce recently had a provocative article published in the UK’s Catholic Herald, titled “A Christian Response to Europe’s Crisis.”1 Some might not know who…
2016 Symposium – Luke Torrisi
Politics, Transcendence and the Corner Store These days I find far too many people, who profess to be on the side against progressive politics and…
Faux-Conservatism Alive and Well at Sydney University
Every so often I am provided with a piece of writing, where the author purports to be a “conservative”, so that I may offer comment…
Quote of the Week: George Orwell, “As I Please”
“Nationalism is universally regarded as inherently Fascist, but this is held only to apply to such national movements as the speaker happens to disapprove of….
Quote of the Week: Simon Heffer, “Strictly English”
“George Orwell, perhaps the finest stylist in English in the 20th century, argued in the late 1940s that our language was declining thanks to ‘political…
My Education in Australia
When I look back on my life in Australia, I feel truly grateful for the education which I received, and which forms an integral part…