Books & Arts
10 November 2022
Australian historian Alison Bashford illuminates the Huxleys’ rich intellectual ecosystem
Books & Arts
10 November 2022
The stories we tell ourselves about our mental distress can have unexpected effects
Books & Arts
9 November 2022
Harmony and hostility exist side by side in the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network
Books & Arts
8 November 2022
Despite her prejudices and shortcomings, something pulls us back to the bestselling crime writer of all
Books & Arts
8 November 2022
Alan Atkinson wants to rescue John and Elizabeth Macarthur from the judgements of history
Books & Arts
4 November 2022
Frank Bongiorno’s new political history of Australia is as much about the spectators as the players
Books & Arts
4 November 2022
A fresh musical performance can reveal unrecognised qualities
Books & Arts
2 November 2022
A new biography of Rupert Murdoch’s successor throws indirect light on why he is suing Crikey
Books & Arts
1 November 2022
Hired young by Keith Murdoch, Michael Cannon made his name as a journalistic roustabout and gifted historian
Books & Arts
25 October 2022
Kenneth Branagh portrays the former PM’s behaviour with startlingly accuracy. But what’s going on behind the eyes?
Books & Arts
24 October 2022
Sumeyya Ilanbey has written a tough but fair-minded account of the high-handed premier
Books & Arts
21 October 2022
Is technology endangering the doctor–patient relationship?
Books & Arts
20 October 2022
Did Beijing set out to mislead the West about its intentions — and did it succeed?
Books & Arts
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
13 October 2022
Two new books explore the territory between polyamory’s utopian history and its practice today
Books & Arts
13 October 2022
Governments haven’t caught up with the fact that the economy has changed forever
Books & Arts
11 October 2022
Kath Kenny’s intergenerational account of a key moment in Australian theatre
Books & Arts
10 October 2022
Parents of the Sandy Hook victims took on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones with stunning results
Books & Arts
4 October 2022
Joseph Roth’s restless journeying produced an idiosyncratic depiction of central Europe in the twenties and thirties
Books & Arts
3 October 2022
Two daughters profile a controversial father and an enigmatic mother against the backdrop of the growing bush capital
Books & Arts
30 September 2022
A biography of two very different editors illuminates literary life in postwar Australia
Books & Arts
27 September 2022
Does sport have anything to teach Australian schools?
Books & Arts
26 September 2022
In Black Lives, White Law, Russell Marks points towards a more hopeful future
Books & Arts
21 September 2022
Music played the role only it could play at the Queen’s funeral
Books & Arts
21 September 2022
The global financial crisis dramatically changed the role of central banks — and then the pandemic came along
Books & Arts
16 September 2022
Is it any surprise that we cling to old rituals and invent new ones?
Books & Arts
12 September 2022
Katrina Marson brings a dual perspective to her argument in favour of comprehensive sex education
Books & Arts
12 September 2022
Have Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens mistaken a symptom for the cause?
Books & Arts
7 September 2022
Pianist and composer Tim Stevens eventually returned to the jazz standards, and we have the pandemic to thank
Books & Arts
5 September 2022
Does bowing out involve a kind of “self-discipline normally associated with persistence”?