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1 Farewell to Arena Printing Guy Rundle , Melinda Hinkson , Simon Cooper , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: Arena Quarterly , no. 3 2020; (p. 70)
1 From Universal Love to Global Anomie Simon Cooper , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: Arena Quarterly , March no. 1 2020; (p. 85)
1 Thinking about Classical Music Simon Cooper , 2018 single work essay
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , October no. 156 2018; (p. 53-54)

'At the time of writing, the nation is arguing over whether the Sydney Opera House exists as world-heritage architecture or advertising space. This is the kind of stoush between culture and vested interests that Paul Keating would have relished. The Eulogy—a new documentary about classical pianist Geoffrey Tozer—returns us to the Keating years in which the prime minister played a crucial role in Tozer’s life. The title refers to Keating’s 45-minute address at Tozer’s funeral in 2009, which combined palpable grief with a searing attack on the arts establishment, whose negligence Keating felt contributed to the pianist’s premature death.'  (Introduction)
1 Cooper's Last : Facebook and Lionel Shriver Simon Cooper , 2016 single work essay
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , October - November no. 144 2016; (p. 54-55.) 'Reasons to dislike Facebook are not hard to find, but its recent censorship of the iconic image of Vietnamese girl Kim Phuc (running from a napalm attack on her village) was a gift to critics of the social media platform. When author Tom Egeland posted an image of the ‘Napalm Girl’ alongside other photos that ‘changed the history of warfare’, Facebook removed the post, citing community standards about images of naked children. Egeland’s subsequent posts about the photo were also removed. Norway’s largest newspaper reported Egeland’s story (using the photo in question), only to find its coverage also deleted from Facebook. It took an open letter from the newspaper’s editor and pressure from print media around the globe to force Facebook to reinstate the photo. Facebook’s ban on a historic image considered important in mobilising anti-war sentiment because it couldn’t distinguish between photojournalism and pornography, and its subsequent censorship of any discussion of this decision, did nothing to assuage fears of its growing power and lack of judgement.' (Introduction)
1 No Poetry After the Arts Council? Simon Cooper , 2016 single work essay
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , June - July no. 142 2016; (p. 54-55) 'After being funded by the CIA, and having received over a million dollars in government funding (while consistently railing against public funding for everyone and everything else), Quadrant magazine has sustained collateral damage from George Brandis' cuts to Australia Council funding. No doubt this came as a surprise, given Brandis' conservative attitude to the arts and the general politics of the Abbott/Turnbull government. It didn't take long for Quadrant's editor Keith Windschuttle to blame someone, predictably 'the left [which] remains in control of the arts'. Even here, Quadrant got it wrong, publishing a list of the 'grant assessors' on its website (in a nasty attempt to publicly shame). The list was incorrect, so Quadrant had to take it down and grudgingly admit its mistake.' (Publication abstract)
1 Culture, Nililism and the Markets Simon Cooper , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , June-July no. 106 2010; (p. 54-55)
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