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Books & arts
Books & arts
Delia and the Daleks
Andrew Ford
7 December 2022
How
Doctor Who
found its distinctive sounds
Books & arts
The matriarchs
Emma Lee
30 November 2022
How three extraordinary Tasmanian Aboriginal women fought for their people
Books & arts
Building nothing is not an option
Peter Mares
28 November 2022
An urban sociologist probes the strengths and weaknesses of the “yes in my backyard” movement
Books & arts
The teal thing
Brett Evans
24 November 2022
Could the success of smart, well-connected candidates realign conservative politics?
Books & arts
Ashes of empires
Samir Puri
23 November 2022
The author of
Russia’s Road to War with Ukraine
responds to Mark Edele’s review of his book
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A kind of alchemy
Jane Goodall
22 November 2022
Rationalism and magical thinking contend in
The Wonder
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“It’s NATO, stupid!”
Mark Edele
22 November 2022
Two new books disagree about the origins of Russia’s war against Ukraine
Books & arts
Inside the wire
Klaus Neumann
17 November 2022
Eighty years apart, a private diary from the Tatura internment camp and dispatches from the Manus detention centre recount the experiences of refugees held prisoner by Australia
Books & arts
Ecology of extremes
Tom Griffiths
15 November 2022
Steve Morton’s
Australian Deserts
— winner of the 2022 Whitley Medal for an outstanding publication on Australasian wildlife — highlights the rich diversity of…
Books & arts
Do leaders matter?
Mark Edele
15 November 2022
It depends, says historian Ian Kershaw
Books & arts
Ticking like a bomb
Sara Dowse
12 November 2022
Two new books show what Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam war left in its wake
Books & arts
Smite all humbug
Morag Fraser
10 November 2022
Australian historian Alison Bashford illuminates the Huxleys’ rich intellectual ecosystem
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Illness and identity
Nick Haslam
10 November 2022
The stories we tell ourselves about our mental distress can have unexpected effects
Books & arts
Eyes spy
Phillip Deery
9 November 2022
Harmony and hostility exist side by side in the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network
Books & arts
Agatha’s artefacts
Dennis Altman
8 November 2022
Despite her prejudices and shortcomings, something pulls us back to the bestselling crime writer of all
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The Macarthurs from inside out
Anne-Marie Condé
8 November 2022
Alan Atkinson wants to rescue John and Elizabeth Macarthur from the judgements of history
Books & arts
Vision splendid
Patrick Mullins
4 November 2022
Frank Bongiorno’s new political history of Australia is as much about the spectators as the players
Books & arts
What I’ve been missing
Andrew Ford
4 November 2022
A fresh musical performance can reveal unrecognised qualities
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Does Lachlan care?
Andrew Dodd
2 November 2022
A new biography of Rupert Murdoch’s successor throws indirect light on why he is suing
Crikey
Books & arts
Tell me, young man, are you a c-c-communist?
Gideon Haigh
1 November 2022
Hired young by Keith Murdoch, Michael Cannon made his name as a journalistic roustabout and gifted historian
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Boris Johnson, outside in
Jane Goodall
25 October 2022
Kenneth Branagh portrays the former PM’s behaviour with startlingly accuracy. But what’s going on behind the eyes?
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What drives Daniel Andrews?
Tim Colebatch
24 October 2022
Sumeyya Ilanbey has written a tough but fair-minded account of the high-handed premier
Books & arts
Quo vadis, doctor?
Jacinta Halloran
21 October 2022
Is technology endangering the doctor–patient relationship?
Books & arts
China’s greatest enemy
Kerry Brown
20 October 2022
Did Beijing set out to mislead the West about its intentions — and did it succeed?
Books & arts
Amorality for hire
Gideon Haigh
13 October 2022
How does a firm labelled “the greatest legitimiser of mass layoffs… in modern history” continue to sail tranquilly above the fray?
Books & arts
What is this thing I’m doing?
Zora Simic
13 October 2022
Two new books explore the territory between polyamory’s utopian history and its practice today
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Go with the grain
John Quiggin
13 October 2022
Governments haven’t caught up with the fact that the economy has changed forever
Books & arts
When Betty took over the Pram Factory
Susan Lever
11 October 2022
Kath Kenny’s intergenerational account of a key moment in Australian theatre
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Bearing the unbearable
Matthew Ricketson
10 October 2022
Parents of the Sandy Hook victims took on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones with stunning results
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Portraying the age
Geoff Wilkes
4 October 2022
Joseph Roth’s restless journeying produced an idiosyncratic depiction of central Europe in the twenties and thirties
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