Books & arts
9 July 2025
A prosecutor turned judge turned corruption czar looks back
Books & arts
8 July 2025
In The Shrouds, David Cronenberg meditates on grief, death, technology and the erotic allure of conspiracy
Books & arts
4 July 2025
Dictators don’t govern alone, which helps explain what happens once they’ve gone
Books & arts
4 July 2025
As Labor signals greater boldness, a seasoned policymaker and former MP describes how it’s done
Books & arts
3 July 2025
The tech giant helped turn its biggest partner into a world leader in electronics manufacturing
Books & arts
3 July 2025
Is the act of composition itself a performance?
Books & arts
1 July 2025
A sharp, grim, exhilarating novel engages with the real-life story of a filmmaker’s return to Nazi Germany
Books & arts
30 June 2025
A new book explores the culture of philately
Books & arts
27 June 2025
An award-winning memoir honours cultures old and new
Books & arts
27 June 2025
Gail Jones’s latest novel echoes the preoccupations of much of her writing
Books & arts
27 June 2025
Nobody’s happy about the state of Australian universities, but a seasoned academic has some remedies
Books & arts
26 June 2025
Classicist Robert Garland leads a tour of ancient attitudes to death and the afterlife
Books & arts
26 June 2025
Francis Picabia had never come across a woman like Gabriële Buffet
Books & arts
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
20 June 2025
Have the rules of attraction changed much since Pride and Prejudice?
Books & arts
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
13 June 2025
It was writing that “separated me from everything,” says German writer Judith Hermann in a captivating collection of biographical essays
Books & arts
13 June 2025
What “Scarborough Fair” tells us about popular music-making
Books & arts
12 June 2025
Can democracy respond effectively when the future is breathing down our necks?
Books & arts
12 June 2025
Celebrated American author Michael Lewis brings together an emblematic group of public servants
Books & arts
5 June 2025
A biographer’s apologia raises as many questions as it answers
Books & arts
5 June 2025
Applying the term to everything from dishwashers to medical breakthroughs masks both its benefits and its harms
Books & arts
5 June 2025
A journalist explores the “sexual wellness industry”
Books & arts
4 June 2025
Two American drama series tip-toe around the country’s plight
Books & arts
30 May 2025
The familiar and the imaginary come together in two new films
Books & arts
27 May 2025
Australia is better seen as a vast archipelago, according to a new exploration of its iciest reaches
Books & arts
26 May 2025
French sociologist Didier Eribon goes in search of his working-class mother
Books & arts
26 May 2025
The former Labor PM’s battle with the banks still matters — for both sides of politics
Books & arts
23 May 2025
The American president’s film and TV tariff plan has its genesis as far back as the 1940s
Books & arts
23 May 2025
Old ties were broken forever by the time the second world war drew to a close