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Books & arts How The Leopard changed its spots James Panichi 18 August 2025 Netflix’s struggle with Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s deeply conservative novel Books & arts Living recipes Seumas Spark 14 August 2025 Collaboration is reconciliation, say the authors of The Australian Ingredients Kitchen Books & arts If something can’t go on forever, it will stop John Quiggin 14 August 2025 A pessimistic account of the world’s population future offers no good reasons to panic about low birth rates Books & arts Chock full of chutzpah Brett Evans 13 August 2025 “Go to Australia. Now,” said the used car salesman in Toronto. And would-be impresario Lee Gordon did just that

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 A kind of proto selfie Richard Johnstone 18 July 2025 Like the technology it anticipated, the photobooth took the photographer out of the equation

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 Imperialism’s stamping ground Jim Davidson 30 June 2025 A new book explores the culture of philately