where the past is not past and culture is not in flames
Welcome to the Burning Archive. Here since 2015 I have kept safe from the flames of cultural decay my responses to the writers, stories, institutions and traditions that make the flowers of my mind.
I have many interests, but they centre on history, culture, writing, and governing well. Explore the site. Listen to my podcast. Buy my books. Join the infinite conversation.
Jeff Rich, Melbourne, 2022.
The year of fear 2020 has been the year of the Great Fear. This Fear has locked us down in safety. This Fear has opened the gate to soft totalitarianism. This Fear has sabotaged the freedom, responsibility, associations and independent thought of hundreds of millions of citizens. This Fear has shed the aged liberal skin […]
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