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Books & Arts A vernacular intellectual Tom Griffiths 27 March 2020 “I would like to be read by the people I went to school with,” said the historian Ken Inglis. “And by my parents. And by my children.” Books & Arts The heart of a reconnected world Graeme Dobell 23 March 2020 Books | How the Asia-Pacific became the Indo-Pacific, with a brief stop-off in the Asian century Books & Arts Getting too close Jane Goodall 23 March 2020 Television | Stateless points to the dangers of the quest for empathy on the screen Books & Arts Why Beethoven? Andrew Ford 12 March 2020 Music | The first modern composer celebrates his 250th birthday

Books & Arts Euripides’s thunderclap Desley Deacon 26 February 2020 Theatre | Zoe Caldwell, who died last week, was the second Australian to perform Medea to wide acclaim Books & Arts Genre bending Andrew Ford 20 February 2020 Music | Marriage Story takes film music into new territory Books & Arts Twenty-five years of Bong Joon-ho Julie Rigg 18 February 2020 Cinema | Our reviewer recalls her first meeting with the Korean director, and his quarter century of filmmaking Books & Arts Was the future better yesterday? Peter Browne 16 February 2020 Books | What explains the apparent success of populist politics?

Books & Arts Uneasy peace Peter Stanley 15 December 2019 Books | A new collection of essays brings further proof that Great War history is unavoidably political Books & Arts Where form really does follow function Joe Rollo 15 December 2019 Architecture | The former ETA Foods factory still pulls at the heart strings Books & Arts Consequences, unintended and intended Janet McCalman 12 December 2019 Books | Jean Blackburn played a central role in a wave of educational reform Books & Arts “A spectre is haunting America…” Glyn Davis 9 December 2019 Books | What if meritocracy is almost as rigid as the system it replaced?