Richard Johnstone writes about photography and other cultural topics for Inside Story.
Books & arts
Ah, yes, there you are
Richard Johnstone
1 October 2014
Photographer Jane Bown sought to unearth something essential and make it visible
From the archive
The humane and sympathetic eye of Sam Hood
Richard Johnstone
24 March 2014
The prolific photographer captured Sydney life in the first half of the twentieth century
Books & arts
Then and now, now and then
Richard Johnstone
14 November 2013
Richard Johnstone explores the art of rephotography
Books & arts
The best non-famous writer of his generation
Richard Johnstone
7 June 2013
Richard Johnstone reviews Norman Lewis’s memoir of life in a small Spanish village in the late 1940s and early 50s
Books & arts
Cerebral desire
Richard Johnstone
7 February 2013
Richard Johnstone reviews a new translation of André Maurois’s Climates
Books & arts
Scandinavian noir
Richard Johnstone
2 October 2012
Richard Johnstone on Scandinavia’s most influential crime writers
Books & arts
An outsider at war
Richard Johnstone
4 June 2012
Richard Johnstone reviews Frederic Manning’s extraordinary account of the foot soldiers of the first world war
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