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Books & arts Hot night at Town Hall Ken Inglis 28 July 2025 What happened when the satirical songwriter Tom Lehrer, who died on Saturday at ninety-seven, came to puritanical Adelaide in 1960? Books & arts Boulez at 100, the Proms at 130 Andrew Ford 24 July 2025 This year’s BBC Proms celebrate composer, conductor and audience favourite Pierre Boulez Books & arts 1155 days in the life of Cheng Lei Hamish McDonald 23 July 2025 Australia’s latest book by a former political prisoner paints a vivid picture of survival inside one of China’s state security jails Books & arts A post-American world Graeme Dobell 22 July 2025 The Australian flag faces the American eagle in the new world disorder

Books & arts The reformer Emily Millane 4 July 2025 As Labor signals greater boldness, a seasoned policymaker and former MP describes how it’s done Books & arts How China put the bite on Apple Michael Gill 3 July 2025 The tech giant helped turn its biggest partner into a world leader in electronics manufacturing Books & arts The tools of a composer’s trade Andrew Ford 3 July 2025 Is the act of composition itself a performance? Books & arts Reeled in by the Reich Philippa Hawker 1 July 2025 A sharp, grim, exhilarating novel engages with the real-life story of a filmmaker’s return to Nazi Germany

Books & arts Are we getting in our own way? John Edwards 24 June 2025 The American bestseller Abundance is making waves in Australia, but its key argument has less force on this side of the Pacific Books & arts Austen powers Philippa Hawker 20 June 2025 Have the rules of attraction changed much since Pride and Prejudice? Books & arts Millicent Preston Stanley’s vocation Zachary Gorman 16 June 2025 The first woman elected to NSW parliament used any means possible — from petitions to theatrical melodrama — to advance her causes Books & arts Alone like a finger Nick Haslam 13 June 2025 It was writing that “separated me from everything,” says German writer Judith Hermann in a captivating collection of biographical essays