Books & arts
21 January 2025
Ismail Kadare’s final novel sums up a career shaped by tyranny
Books & arts
16 January 2025
Nothing exposes the famed neurologist as much as his letters
Books & arts
15 January 2025
There was much more to the waspish writer than memorable (and misremembered) one-liners
Books & arts
15 January 2025
Helen Garner reminds us that there are beginnings as well as ends
Books & arts
13 January 2025
Incensed by efforts to reinvent former Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos, a former foreign correspondent sets the record straight
Books & arts
24 December 2024
Could a close look at Austria tell us where Western democracies are heading?
Books & arts
17 December 2024
Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk want to drastically cut government jobs. Dan Honig makes the case for better not fewer
Books & arts
14 December 2024
Joni Mitchell’s latest biographer creates a new geography of her work and influence
Books & arts
11 December 2024
How two political consultants pushed the Democratic Party towards their imagined middle ground
Books & arts
11 December 2024
Kevin Rudd sees a clear line between the Chinese president’s worldview and his country’s path. But is it as simple as that?
Books & arts
9 December 2024
Musicologist Lawrence Kramer wants his readers to think differently about the sound of music and the music of sound
Books & arts
9 December 2024
How will competition and cooperation between Russia and China in Central Asia affect the global balance of power?
Books & arts
5 December 2024
The former British PM’s highly readable memoir is just a little too tidy
Books & arts
3 December 2024
A novelist reflects on “exile as agony but also as ethical position”
Books & arts
2 December 2024
Strategies and the battlefield take centre-stage in an often gripping history of the First World War’s eastern front
Books & arts
25 November 2024
Yuan Yang profiles a new generation of Chinese women
Books & arts
25 November 2024
SBS’s The Jury: Death on the Staircase goes further than most courtroom experiments, and the results are all the more interesting
Books & arts
24 November 2024
A new history of the original superpower
Books & arts
22 November 2024
Could the Yirrkala Petitions best be understood as an attempt at communication between nations?
Books & arts
22 November 2024
The Day of the Jackal and The Diplomat reviewed
Books & arts
20 November 2024
Once a “writer’s paper,” the New York Post pushed the wrong boundaries under Rupert Murdoch
Books & arts
20 November 2024
Two powerful films, a documentary and a feature, offer urgent perspectives on people, place and power
Books & arts
15 November 2024
Rick Morton’s account of the robodebt scandal is a bracing reminder of unfinished business
Books & arts
12 November 2024
A Chinese-Australian artist captures the legacies of twentieth-century communism
Books & arts
11 November 2024
TV’s So Long Marianne ventures into an ethical minefield
Books & arts
11 November 2024
Could artificial intelligence make us less human?
Books & arts
11 November 2024
Footage of the sinking of the German battleship filmed by an Australian crew reverberated around the world
Books & arts
6 November 2024
A former trade negotiator sets out to improve trade’s profile and reputation
Books & arts
5 November 2024
The case for valuing and protecting “connective labour” in an increasingly automated and disconnected world
Books & arts
4 November 2024
A poem, a painting, a chance remark — almost anything can ignite the composer’s imagination