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Books & Arts From the ranks of the dead Ray Cassin 29 January 2019 Books | How much have the Irish contributed to an Australian identity? The debate continues Books & Arts Undercover in an American prison Rick Sarre 20 January 2019 Books | Journalist Shane Bauer’s account of life as a warder is as authoritative as it is raw Books & Arts Smiling villainy Jane Goodall 18 January 2019 Television | Mike Bartlett’s take on newspaper rivalry has a special kind of fascination Books & Arts Wrestling with public morality Glyn Davis 18 January 2019 Books | Are wealthy foundations, backed by tax breaks, wielding too much power?

Books & Arts Just the ticket Brian McFarlane 3 January 2019 Cinema | Somewhere between her time and ours, Queen Anne takes to the screen in The Favourite Books & Arts Far horizons Jane Goodall 24 December 2018 Television | The best three series of 2018 Books & Arts What is civilisation anyway? Janna Thompson 23 December 2018 Television | The BBC’s big-budget remake illustrates how perspectives have changed Books & Arts This is America Sara Dowse 20 December 2018 Books | Michelle Obama’s memoir also reveals much about the state of the nation

Books & Arts An adaptation for grown-ups Brian McFarlane 6 December 2018 Cinema | The Children Act succeeds because of its ideas as much as its narrative Books & Arts Cosmopolitan storyteller Janna Thompson 3 December 2018 Books | Identities are best worn lightly and critically, argues the British-born Ghanaian-American philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah Books & Arts Fighting on all fronts Norman Abjorensen 3 December 2018 Books | A new biography paints a nuanced picture of the man widely seen as Australia’s greatest prime minister Books & Arts Remembered intimacies Julie Rigg 26 November 2018 Cinema | Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma reviewed, and a tribute to documentary-maker Curtis Levy