MEANJIN BACK ISSUE

BRITISH … ISH: AUSTRALIA'S BRITAIN
Vol. 63, no. 3, 2004

GUEST COMMISSIONING EDITORS: CARL BRIDGE, IAN HENDERSON

FEATURING: LES MURRAY, PETER PORTER, MARGARET TYZACK, BILL COLLINS, BRIAN MATTHEWS, JILL JONES, JUAN DAVILA, JOHN KINSELLA, PETER CRAVEN, TOM GRIFFITHS, MARK MCKENNA, CHRIS WALLACE-CRABBE, NICOLA WALKER

Following on the success of its recent 'AUSTRAL-ASIAN' issue, Meanjin now appraises the 'British content' in Australian culture and society and the Australian presence in Britain. The past, present and future of our cultural and political connections with the UK are explored in a brilliant constellation of essays, stories and poems.

Items include:

Peter Porter: Four Poems and a Memoir: Our leading expatriate poet reflects on his journeys to and within England.
Les Murray: Travelling the British Roads: Our leading 'stay-at-home' poet makes a foray abroad.
An Australian at the Times Literary Supplement : Nicola Walker reveals all.
Bill Collins' Secret Passion. The veteran TV presenter of The Golden Years of Hollywood, Bill Collins, confesses to his lesser-known but no less felt love for British movies.
Talking Heads I. An interview with Margaret Tyzack, co-star with Maggie Smith of the recent production of Alan Bennett's Talking Heads.
Talking Heads 2-6. Current head of the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, Carl Bridge, and three of his predecessors, Brian Matthews, Geoffrey Bolton and James Walter, recount their time in London, and their brushes with the Queen, Margaret Thatcher, Sir Les Patterson, the Rev. Peter Hollingworth, Paul Keating and various other luminaries.
From Crimea to Gallipoli: Martin Ball traces the processes by which the historical facts of war are turned into legend.
Australian Schools, English Rules?: John Thompson investigates the degree of English influence on three famous Australian educational establishments.
Home from Home: Jim Morgan on Adelaide and Edinburgh from the 1930s to the 1950s; Jim Davidson on 'Dominion Culture'.
A Republican's Diary: Mark McKenna spends a year in London.

Reviews:

David Malouf's Made in England: reviewed by Andrew Hassam
'The Edwardians' Exhibition: reviewed by Juan Davila

Fiction:

Julian Davies, Mischa Merz, Nathan Cureton

Poetry:

Jill Jones, John Kinsella, Anna Kerijk Nicholson,
Berndt Sellheim, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Kerry Leves, Chris Wallace-Crabbe