Books & arts
5 February 2020
Television | Renewed flagship programs highlight the strengths and weaknesses of ABC current affairs
Essays & reportage
7 January 2020
Was the climate debate pushed off course by a misconceived strategy of persuasion?
Books & arts
19 December 2019
Television | Our critic’s selection of the best 2019 viewing
Books & arts
28 November 2019
Television | Binge-watching with polymath Clive James, who died this week
Books & arts
8 November 2019
Television | A mid-season shift of gear takes Total Control into different territory
From the archive
18 October 2019
The popular Labor senator was fortunate in her biographer
Books & arts
1 October 2019
Television | The makers of Unbelievable tell Marie Adler’s story with tact and care
Books & arts
9 September 2019
Television | Wealth is a means rather than an end in the second season of Succession
Books & arts
24 July 2019
Television | Does The Loudest Voice let the former Fox News supremo off too lightly?
Books & arts
19 July 2019
Television | Etched in Bone tells its story with restraint and empathy
Books & arts
25 June 2019
Television | Four decades on, Soviet scientist Valery Legasov is an unlikely figure for our times
Books & arts
11 June 2019
Television | Do even the best interviews go far enough?
Books & arts
6 May 2019
Television | Manhunt captures the strengths of a dogged but gripping police investigation
Books & arts
17 April 2019
Television | Bigger thinking is needed on the small screen
Books & arts
26 March 2019
Television | Waleed Aly’s encounters with Scott Morrison and Jacinda Ardern highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of the political interview
Books & arts
18 March 2019
Television | The different focus and register of season two of Secret City reflects a shift in Canberra itself
Books & arts
12 March 2019
Television | A new series releases Australia’s past from the familiar black-and-white
Books & arts
6 February 2019
Television | ABC1’s new current affairs line-up needs to break the mould
Books & arts
18 January 2019
Television | Mike Bartlett’s take on newspaper rivalry has a special kind of fascination
Books & arts
24 December 2018
Television | The best three series of 2018
From the archive
6 December 2018
HBO’s carefully paced adaptation of My Brilliant Friend brings a corner of Naples to life
National affairs
9 November 2018
As a politician, the former prime minister remains an enigma that Q&A couldn’t crack
Books & arts
26 October 2018
Television | Doctor Who meets Broadchurch in its latest incarnation
Books & arts
18 October 2018
Books | Journalist Gabrielle Chan captures a new mood in country Australia
Books & arts
8 October 2018
Television | Awkward questions are raised by A Very English Scandal and The Assassination of Gianni Versace
National affairs
5 September 2018
The ABC is experimenting with ways of deepening its coverage of regional Australia
Books & arts
28 August 2018
Television | With just days to gather its material, Four Corners found a way to explore the human impact of power
Books & arts
9 August 2018
Television | With just one lapse, an exceptional cast has brought to life the anguished world of Edward St Aubyn
Books & arts
11 July 2018
Television | Behind the stereotypes, ABC TV’s Back Roads reveals a quiet rural revolution
National affairs
12 June 2018
The man most likely to be Australia’s next prime minister looks best up close