I know I’m going to sound like a boring old fart, but are we becoming a disposable culture, or what? We throw out everything from old cars to ex-prime ministers. This is a Bad Thing. Our continued growth as a lively, vigorous society depends on our having strong foundations. There could have been no Kylie Minogue had there not been a Little Pattie. No Brett Whiteley without a Sidney Nolan. No An ... (read more)