Donald Friend and the art of praise in a living artist
Critics discuss the challenges of writing about living artists with honesty and admiration. The review praises Robert Hughes for measured praise, notes John Olsen's foreword as unnecessary, and highlights the book’s fifteen color plates and thirty-one monochrome plates of Donald Friend’s work. The piece notes some unclear details but regards the book as a desirable collectible for admirers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hughes
John Olsen
Vaughan, Craxton
Minton Lund Ayrton
Eder
Donald Friend
Sidney Nolan
William Dobell
Rowell Drysdale
Fat Thames
Madonut
Fulchards
Shaw
Egypt
Cme
Australian Pave Ments Reviewed by Bill Wannan
A review of Australian Pave Ments from Lansdowne Press 1964 by Bill Wannan. The critic notes Wannan’s breadth in selecting short Australian pieces from the past sixty years, excluding novels, and finds the collection uneven with some weak stories and a strong sense of urban Australian life. It praises Porter's work and Chris Wallace Crabbe's Melbourne verses while questioning overall balance and realism of place. The piece comments on design, usability, and the book’s appeal as a gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ill Wannan
Australia
Wannan
Dowell O'Reilly
Pawson
Thelma Forshaw
Dal Stivens
Hil Porter
Porter
Australis
Chris Wallaces Crabbe
Melbourne
Carrington on World War I memory and the postwar novels
Charles Carrington assesses the 1929 to 1930 surge of war memoirs and novels led by Remarque and Blunden, comparing their truth claims to Edmund Blunden and Robert Graves. He argues Carrington’s view blends veteran insight with critique of conscription, Haig’s leadership, and the drift between 1914 and 1940 while praising Kitchener’s wartime mobilization and the moral stance of officer-class narrators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tong
Remarque
Douglas Jerrold
Jerrold
Edmund Blunden
Robert Graves
Charles Edmonds
Yar Books
Charles Ealmonds Carrington
Chatham House
Carrington
Ingles
Blunden
Graves
Siegfried Sasnoon
Wir
VLII
Hom Haig
Kitchener
War Office
Pechapa Carian
Hall
Crossman as Labour’s flawed reformer and future minister
The piece argues that Richard Crossman, long a polemicist and commentator within Labour, balances critique with theory. It notes his 1950s to 60s writings against revisionism and his belief in collective conscience and public control of economic power. It credits his 1957 Labour Conference defence of pensions and suggests he may now apply his intellect as Minister of Housing and Local Government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. S. Crossman
Hamish Hamilton
Richard Crossman
Labour National Executive Committee
Crossman
Labour Party
Tawney, Cole and
Laski
Labour Movement
Jay
Crosland
Jenkin
USA
Britain
Labour
Gaitskell
Wilsom
Struick
Richard Croxaman
Orahom
Dewil
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Donald Brook
Edwards & Shaw
Sydney
Price
Onn
By Dorothy Green
Bill Wannan
Lansdowne Press
Vie & Wellue
Dane Thomas
Linale
Batons Tiretes
Thes
Pirkiman
Charles Carrington
Hasihen
Sty
Hore-Welisha
Currington
Douglas Haly iv
Haig
Shaef
Europe
Philip Madison
Henry Willumson
Carengion
Fen
Mortuste
Prange Ore
America
Lesawio American Solliens
Hale
France
Homme
Maigh
Ova Lloyd Cages
Af Kin
J. H. Grainger
Iso
Theain
Britwin
Richard Creassman
ZYG Bookbinding Works Pro. Ltd
Tea Sirent
Fyshwick
Act
Gundagai
Graham MeInne
Melnnes
Canberra
Berndr
Heimat
A.B. Elkin
Rom
Thomme Kesey
Artiss
Angus & Robertson Ltd
Green Ouare
Ron Cale
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