11th Mar 2022 - 1 mins
As brutal dictators go, Russian President Vladimir Putin is up there with some of the worst, and for cynical bare-faced lying – about the provocation......
11th Mar 2022 - 1 mins
As brutal dictators go, Russian President Vladimir Putin is up there with some of the worst, and for cynical bare-faced lying – about the provocation......
20th Feb 2022 - 2 mins
I called him Lennie for composer/conductor/pianist Lennie Bernstein because he was black and white like piano keys – a fellow dog-walker used......
20th Feb 2022 - 2 mins
I called him Lennie for composer/conductor/pianist Lennie Bernstein because he was black and white like piano keys – a fellow dog-walker used......
24th Jan 2022 - 2 mins
It’s such an apt description of the way so many of us live, where we devote time and energy to pursuits we know all along will fail to satisfy......
24th Jan 2022 - 2 mins
It’s such an apt description of the way so many of us live, where we devote time and energy to pursuits we know all along will fail to satisfy......
26th Dec 2021
Genuine hospitality is a beautiful act that enriches both those who give and those who receive, that breaks down barriers and creates community.......
26th Dec 2021
Genuine hospitality is a beautiful act that enriches both those who give and those who receive, that breaks down barriers and creates community.......
19th Dec 2021 - 9 mins
No room at the inn – five simple, poignant words that almost uniquely convey rejection and humiliation.
19th Dec 2021 - 9 mins
No room at the inn – five simple, poignant words that almost uniquely convey rejection and humiliation.
7th Nov 2021 - 2 mins
Do you think the Bible backs political philosophies or parties? Barney Zwartz writes for The Age on the troubling trend in Australia towards......
7th Nov 2021 - 2 mins
Do you think the Bible backs political philosophies or parties? Barney Zwartz writes for The Age on the troubling trend in Australia towards......
10th Oct 2021 - 2 mins
In The Age, Barney Zwartz offers a very short but eye-opening reflection on one of the great conundrums of human existence: time. ...
10th Oct 2021 - 2 mins
In The Age, Barney Zwartz offers a very short but eye-opening reflection on one of the great conundrums of human existence: time. ...
8th Oct 2021 - 1 mins
Barney Zwartz, in quintessentially Melbourne fashion, wonders: why do we hang on every word of the weather forecast, when it's so often wrong?...
8th Oct 2021 - 1 mins
Barney Zwartz, in quintessentially Melbourne fashion, wonders: why do we hang on every word of the weather forecast, when it's so often wrong?...
12th Sep 2021 - 2 mins
“Abandon all hope, ye who enter here,” reads the sign at the entrance to hell in Dante’s Divine Comedy (readers of my columns might be......
12th Sep 2021 - 2 mins
“Abandon all hope, ye who enter here,” reads the sign at the entrance to hell in Dante’s Divine Comedy (readers of my columns might be......
27th Aug 2021
Barney Zwartz on belonging and loneliness, council curfews, dog walkers, and making friends in lockdown.
27th Aug 2021
Barney Zwartz on belonging and loneliness, council curfews, dog walkers, and making friends in lockdown.
18th Jul 2021 - 2 mins
Barney Zwartz on the life of English reformer William Tyndale - and the beauty, power, and perseverance faith can bring to people’s lives....
18th Jul 2021 - 2 mins
Barney Zwartz on the life of English reformer William Tyndale - and the beauty, power, and perseverance faith can bring to people’s lives....
11th Jul 2021 - 2 mins
Writing for The Age, Barney Zwartz offers a moving, personal tribute to outgoing Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson....
11th Jul 2021 - 2 mins
Writing for The Age, Barney Zwartz offers a moving, personal tribute to outgoing Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson....