Elizabeth Webb

What a treasure this is!

Elizabeth Webb was writing opinion pieces for the Brisbane Sunday Mail in the 1950s. Brisbane in that era was not known as a bastion of liberal thinking and commentary - quite the contrary, in fact; many Australians considered Queenslanders to be quite 'redneck' right through until the demise of the right-wing conservative Bjelke Petersen government in the mid 1980s.

Webb's views were radical for the time and, in some cases, would be considered controversial even today. Her writing is lucid and her opinions well argued. I found the collection engaging and thought provoking - and a sad inditement of the dumbing down of much of what passes for opinion writing today.… (altro)