Books & arts
8 August 2023
A new survey of heritage protection highlights Australia’s uneven record as it prepares to host next month’s International Council on Monuments and Sites assembly
Books & arts
26 November 2020
One of the creators of the Macquarie Dictionary ventilates her thoughts on the Australian language
Books & arts
16 July 2020
Books | An immigrant lithographer left a dazzling trove of commercial art
National affairs
29 November 2019
What’s the best way to make households more conscious of their water consumption?
Essays & reportage
9 November 2018
A little-known incident captures divisions among Australians during the first world war
Essays & reportage
30 November 2017
Although Australia’s major capitals are changing fast, cars are still calling many of the shots
Books & arts
22 January 2015
Books | We can’t take beaches for granted, writes Peter Spearritt. Two books show there’s a lot we could lose
Books & arts
5 December 2013
A new book shows how much Australia owes to canvas, writes Peter Spearritt
Books & arts
26 February 2013
Peter Spearritt reviews a new book about the heyday of innovative and egalitarian housing in Australia
Books & arts
15 October 2012
Does every Australian have a right to decent housing? Governments might say so, but they’re not doing much to make it happen, writes Peter Spearritt
Books & arts
7 October 2010
Peter Spearritt looks at how traffic engineers and apartment developers are degrading Australian cities
Essays & reportage
22 October 2009
If you want to find out what’s happening in Australia’s cities today, don’t go to the glossy planning documents, writes Peter Spearritt