Books & arts
14 December 2017
Books | Critics of Chris Masters’s account of special forces in Afghanistan have deflected attention from the book’s key message
Books & arts
12 December 2017
Books | Somehow, this extraordinarily diverse group of countries has held together for half a century. Can it last?
Books & arts
11 December 2017
Want to think anew about Mozart? Try Geoffrey Lancaster’s latest recording
Books & arts
7 December 2017
Books | Is Gareth Evans’s “incorrigible optimism” evidence-based?
Books & arts
5 December 2017
Ken Inglis was not only a widely admired historian but also a gifted reporter and a sharp-eyed pioneer of press criticism
Books & arts
3 December 2017
Television | The second season of Struggle Street points to something much deeper than poverty
Books & arts
25 November 2017
A new book takes a nuanced look at ageing gay men and the world they live in
Books & arts
16 November 2017
Books | A former adviser to Tony Blair tackles conventional views of crime and its causes
Books & arts
14 November 2017
Music | The remarkable career of composer Elena Kats-Chernin, who has just turned sixty
Books & arts
13 November 2017
Television | SBS has identified a thirst for crime drama, but program-makers aren’t always coming up with the goods
Books & arts
9 November 2017
Over a long career, Sylvia Lawson was a prolific contributor to newspapers and magazines, including the pioneering Nation, and Inside Story
Books & arts
8 November 2017
An appreciation of journalist, critic and film industry activist Sylvia Lawson, who died this week
Books & arts
6 November 2017
From the archive | The biggest tax havens aren’t on faraway islands, writes Jason Sharman
Books & arts
24 October 2017
Music | Do you simply need to say that’s what you do?
Books & arts
17 October 2017
Books | John McPhee’s new guide to the craft of writing is much more than a textbook
Books & arts
15 October 2017
Books | Sheila Fitzpatrick brilliantly illuminates her subject and his tumultuous times
Books & arts
13 October 2017
Television | Michelle Guthrie’s vision for ABC current affairs is a mixed bag, with the history missing
Books & arts
10 October 2017
What will Sam Dastyari do if he’s given a second chance? His autobiography only hints at an answer
Books & arts
3 October 2017
Books | Islamic State has become adept at recruiting those who are already attracted to violence
Books & arts
29 September 2017
Books | How did eleven men and one woman fill the most difficult role in Australia’s postwar political dramas?
Books & arts
25 September 2017
Music | “Improvise” and “embellish” can be alarming words for a classically trained composer
Books & arts
18 September 2017
Brian Burke’s doorstopper of a memoir is a valuable but partial account of a career propelled by an old grievance
Books & arts
7 September 2017
Podcasts | Writer Sam Harris set out to discover why some voters like Donald Trump
Books & arts
4 September 2017
How did film-makers resolve the paradox of creating complex feature films during a period of total war?
Books & arts
1 September 2017
Books | Shashi Tharoor’s vigorous rejoinder to defenders of empire teaches other lessons as well
Books & arts
31 August 2017
Television | As Four Corners has shown for decades, ABC investigative reporting will always have its critics
Books & arts
29 August 2017
Music | What makes a composer courageous?
Books & arts
24 August 2017
Books | An outstanding new biography traces the life of the man who dominated early federal politics
Books & arts
22 August 2017
Television | Annabel Crabb’s new series raises the question: is parliament living up to its house?
Books & arts
11 August 2017
Cinema | Two undemanding but shrewdly written films have hidden depths