Books & arts
31 May 2021
Why the world needed a new edition of The Golden Ass
Books & arts
25 May 2021
Forty ways of looking at Veronica Gorrie’s Black and Blue
Books & arts
25 May 2021
Sean McMeekin’s new account of Stalin’s war will suit Vladimir Putin very well
Books & arts
24 May 2021
Weapons inspector Rod Barton assigns to the CIA a large share of the blame for the invasion of Iraq
Books & arts
21 May 2021
The departure of Australia’s last correspondents from Beijing has made a volatile situation worse
Books & arts
21 May 2021
With populists emerging badly from the pandemic, public opinion could be shifting in favour of good government
Books & arts
19 May 2021
Stan Grant distils his travels into an argument about the future
Books & arts
17 May 2021
Why did Australians forget the battles of 1917?
Books & arts
17 May 2021
One man’s unspoken Dunera story lies behind an exhibition in rural Victoria
Books & arts
17 May 2021
How do you squeeze China’s history into 250 pages?
Books & arts
16 May 2021
How five pioneering anthropologists pushed at the boundaries of what it meant to be a woman
Books & arts
14 May 2021
Who exactly were the New Romantics?
Books & arts
14 May 2021
A biography of biochemist Jennifer Doudna raises hard questions about where genetic research is heading
Books & arts
4 May 2021
How overhyped findings undermined psychology’s authority
Books & arts
2 May 2021
How can Southeast Asian countries embrace China without being crushed?
Books & arts
30 April 2021
Why have so many people put so much effort into the world’s most famous fashion magazine?
Books & arts
30 April 2021
Our reviewer follows Greta Thunberg’s 2019 journey
Books & arts
30 April 2021
The biographer who promised not to be prim or judgemental has his own scandal to deal with
Books & arts
16 April 2021
Books | The region that gave the world the word “balkanised” proves a fascinating setting for a travel book with a difference
Books & arts
16 April 2021
A new book that attempts to understand the prime minister runs into its own problems
Books & arts
12 April 2021
It’s time for a new conversation about Australian impressionism
Books & arts
11 April 2021
Cinema | Gary Oldman brings screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz to vivid life
Books & arts
10 April 2021
Books | Two Australian men write about trauma’s lingering effects
Books & arts
9 April 2021
Books | Our brains weren’t designed for 126 emails a day
Books & arts
7 April 2021
Books | Are reports of philosophy’s death premature?
Books & arts
1 April 2021
Books | Sheila Fitzpatrick’s new book tells a remarkable cold war migration story
Books & arts
19 March 2021
Books | Was this Liberal prime minister his own worst enemy?
Books & arts
15 March 2021
Music | As the noise returns to our lives, sounds rarely heard are disappearing again
Books & arts
10 March 2021
Cinema | Sam Neill stands out among a strong cast in Roger Michell’s Blackbird
Books & arts
9 March 2021
Books | We can have economic growth without wrecking the planet, says economist Per Espen Stoknes