James Ley
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Deputy Books and Ideas Editor, The Conversation. Contributing Editor, Sydney Review of Books. Author of The Critic in the Modern World. Words in various other places.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:39 AM
For what it's worth, people in Australia can get free membership of the National Library, and with that you can read the ABR free. It's how I came to enjoy this lovely little bit of savagery.
www.library.gov.au/research/gui...
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And they all had a view ...
December 3, 2025 at 1:08 AM
And they all had a view ...
Thanks for reading, Martin, but I could not disagree more. If anyone needs critical scrutiny it's the Dalt.
December 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Thanks for reading, Martin, but I could not disagree more. If anyone needs critical scrutiny it's the Dalt.
Thanks, Dominic. It is merely accurate.
December 2, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Thanks, Dominic. It is merely accurate.
DM your email and I'll send you a pdf. 😉
December 1, 2025 at 4:30 AM
DM your email and I'll send you a pdf. 😉
What can I say? I have a talent for understatement.
December 1, 2025 at 4:02 AM
What can I say? I have a talent for understatement.
I also admit to being friends with Catri and Owen
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I also admit to being friends with Catri and Owen
Gideon has form when it comes to making haughtily dismissive generalisations about the critical culture, which I admit to being a bit defensive about (even if it's often justified)
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Gideon has form when it comes to making haughtily dismissive generalisations about the critical culture, which I admit to being a bit defensive about (even if it's often justified)
I don't think Catriona's (Guardian) or Owen's (Age) could be fairly described as lavish encomiums
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I don't think Catriona's (Guardian) or Owen's (Age) could be fairly described as lavish encomiums
Maybe he should actually read the reviews he is calling "uniformly lavish encomiums".
November 18, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Maybe he should actually read the reviews he is calling "uniformly lavish encomiums".