Books & arts
18 November 2016
Television | The pull of chaos looms over The Crown and The Hollow Crown
National affairs
26 October 2016
One man and two-and-a-half thousand listeners – economist Thomas Piketty takes to the stage at the Sydney Opera House
National affairs
14 October 2016
The government senators who grilled the solicitor-general might have done themselves, and George Brandis, more harm than they realise
Books & arts
27 September 2016
Television | A new documentary reveals the steely resolve of Barack Obama
Books & arts
9 September 2016
Books | The story of a shrewd strategist tells us important things about the state of Australian politics
Books & arts
8 August 2016
Television | It’s best to be in two minds about the Olympics, writes Jane Goodall
Books & arts
18 July 2016
Television | Game of Thrones brings to the screen qualities we associate with Aeschylus and Sophocles, writes Jane Goodall
Books & arts
27 June 2016
Television | Who are these people, and how different are they?
Books & arts
8 June 2016
Television | The audience starred when the national broadcaster went to Tamworth, writes Jane Goodall
Books & arts
24 March 2016
Television | It’s War and Peace’s turn for another BBC adaptation, writes Jane Goodall. But perhaps some temptations should be resisted
Books & arts
8 March 2016
Television | The West created its own narratives in Afghanistan, writes Jane Goodall. A compelling new series shows how reality failed to fit
Books & arts
23 February 2016
Television | The Sunrise controversy raises fresh questions about TV current affairs, high-brow and low-brow, writes Jane Goodall
Books & arts
2 February 2016
Television | Australia is back at work, and Utopia remains the best guide to what that can mean in practice, writes Jane Goodall
Books & arts
13 January 2016
Performance | David Bowie brought extraordinary inventiveness and highly developed technique to the auditorium, writes Jane Goodall
Books & arts
4 January 2016
Television | Jane Goodall witnesses Sherlock’s return to the world of fogs and hansom cabs
Books & arts
17 December 2015
Television | News anchors are taking on a life of their own, writes Jane Goodall. But are we losing something in the process?
Books & arts
28 November 2015
Television | Free-to-air TV can still shift public debate, writes Jane Goodall. But can it break free of its own conventions?
International
16 November 2015
In the face of the attacks in Paris and Beirut, the philosophical heritage of stoicism carries a radical challenge, writes Jane Goodall
Books & arts
13 November 2015
Television | What kind of species are we? A night in front of the TV had some answers, writes Jane Goodall
Books & arts
27 October 2015
Television | Jane Goodall watches The Beautiful Lie, Sherlock, Fargo and Homeland
National affairs
16 October 2015
Three-word slogans flowed freely during question time this week, writes Jane Goodall
Books & arts
23 September 2015
Television | Monday night’s ABC interviews showed how TV can be dangerous for politicians in unexpected ways, writes Jane Goodall
Books & arts
31 August 2015
Television | Aquarius is a frustrating package of potentially great ideas, writes Jane Goodall
Books & arts
31 July 2015
Television | Crime drama has been tipped upside down, writes Jane Goodall, as the BBC’s Line of Duty and Helen Piper’s The TV Detective reveal
Books & arts
13 July 2015
Books | Why are we angered by stories of Greek hairdressers retiring at fifty on public pensions, asks Jane Goodall, yet unmoved at the thought of bailed-out…
Books & arts
18 June 2015
The Killing Season highlights the impact of politics on real people‚ and that has its costs for at least one of the participants
Books & arts
25 May 2015
Television | Even without Edna Everage, the sixtieth Eurovision entered hyperspace once and for all, writes Jane Goodall
Books & arts
8 May 2015
Television | “Poverty porn” it isn’t, but the aims of Struggle Street still worry Jane Goodall
Books & arts
5 May 2015
Television | Jane Goodall reviews the BBC’s Wolf Hall
Books & arts
7 April 2015
Television | There’s plenty to enjoy about Stephen Oliver’s survey of TV humour, writes Jane Goodall. But how uniquely Australian is the phenomenon…