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The short story "The Line Through the Heart" by Bill James is presented.

The poem "Intimations of Informality" by Bill James is presented. First Line: We'll pierce the sunset orange, Last Line: As we rise from our burials.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including an article on the celebration of the sugar bag by Peter Ryan in the December 2009 issue, an article on the book "Adam's Tongue," by Derek Bickerton, by Michael Griffin in the November 2009 issue, and the article "Why Philosophy Buries Its Undertakers," by B.J. Coman in the October 2009 issue.

The article discusses assonance, a similarity of sound or syllable, which many speakers or writers misuse. The author says wrong usage of a word may be because the speaker has not heard it correctly or has not seen it in print or mere laziness or inattention. He cites samples like the use of "crutch" instead of "crotch" and "expand" instead of "expound."

Two letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including one on leftists in Australia and another on the Australian Constitution being the section 9 of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (CAC Act) of the British parliament.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "50 Voices of Disbelief: Why We Are Atheists," by Robert McLaughlin in the September 2010 issue, the essay entitled "Death by Silence," by Shelley Gare in the July-August 2010 issue and "The Funeral Should Honour the Soldier," by Peter Ryan in the September 2010 issue.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "Death by Silence in the Writers' Combat Zone," by Shelley Gare in the July-August 2010 issue, one by Walter Starck on the bureaucratic collapse of the fishing industry in Australia in the June 2010 issue, and "Less Than a Documentary?," by Neil McDonald in the June 2010 issue.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "Growing Up Under Hitler," in the July-August 2006 issue, "Keith Windschuttle and the Khmer Rouge," by Robert Manne in the June 2006 issue, and "Too Many Journalists, Not Enough News," by Peter Ryan in the July-August 2006 issue.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues of the periodical "Quadrant." "The Shady Status of the Spy," which centered on spies during the Revolutionary War; "The Psychopathology of Terrorism," which focused on psychologist Carl Gustav and National Socialism; "Is Jensenism Compatible With Christianity," which focused on the faith and beliefs of Anglican Archbishop Peter Jensen and the Anglican Diocese of Sydney.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to the articles in the January-February 2014 issue including "How Paul Keating Betrayed the Anzacs, and Why" by Mervyn Bendle, "America's Gun Control Dilemma" by Andrew Smith, and "The Enduring Problem of Monkey Business" by B. J. Coman.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in the May 2010 issues including "Manne Avoids the Real Debate," on modern architecture by A. G. Evan, and the reference letter from George Fairbanks in the March 2010 issue.