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Books & arts
Books & arts
Daughter, sister, friend, poet
Brian McFarlane
23 December 2016
Cinema
| Terence Davies’s
A Quiet Passion
captures Emily Dickinson in a rich social setting
Books & arts
The new golden age of Australian true crime
Sally McCausland
20 December 2016
How Australian true-crime podcasters are doing better than
Serial
Books & arts
Moments between moments
Richard Johnstone
19 December 2016
With so much happening in front of the camera, there isn’t a lot of time for mobile photographers to look back
Books & arts
Mediums and messages
Jane Goodall
14 December 2016
Books
| Viewing habits have changed, but TV is still at the forefront of cultural change
Books & arts
Cutting on the bias
Jane Goodall
5 December 2016
Broadcasting
| Is Michelle Guthrie copping the blame for two decades of attacks on the ABC?
Books & arts
The uses of music
Andrew Ford
5 December 2016
Music
| Something unique happens at the intersection of music, ideas and life
Books & arts
Ken Loach’s wasteland
David Hayes
2 December 2016
Cinema
| The veteran director’s tender dive into the indignity of Britain’s welfare system tries too hard to avoid complication
Books & arts
Looking forward by looking back
Matthew Gray
2 December 2016
Books
| Can the Ottoman Empire offer a guide to the future of the Middle East?
Books & arts
India’s leader: a two-year assessment
Bob Smith
1 December 2016
Books
| Can a personalised leadership style achieve results in this diverse and complex country?
Books & arts
Against oligarchy: the book of Bernie
Tom Greenwell
28 November 2016
Books
| Bernie Sanders’s critique of American democracy assumes heightened relevance in the Trump era
Books & arts
The fossil fuel of politics
Klaus Neumann
23 November 2016
Books
| How should we respond to the growing crisis in electoral democracy?
Books & arts
Game of crowns
Jane Goodall
18 November 2016
Television
| The pull of chaos looms over
The Crown
and
The Hollow Crown
Books & arts
The mystery of Judith Wright
Susan Lever
11 November 2016
Books
| A new biography explores the ambivalent legacy of being “born of the conquerors”
Books & arts
A danger to democracy and liberty?
David Clune
10 November 2016
Books
| A new account of the 1916 and 1917 conscription debates looks beyond the factional struggles that tore Labor apart
Books & arts
A little knowledge
Andrew Ford
7 November 2016
England’s most famous composer is less English than he might seem
Books & arts
Enemies old and new
Brian Toohey
2 November 2016
Books
| The latest volume of the official ASIO history reveals tensions with successive governments, but still no firm evidence that Soviet agents operated within its ranks
Books & arts
Passion play at Kardinia Park
Brett Evans
26 October 2016
Books
| James Button’s tale of a football club made good has all the elements of classical drama
Books & arts
Dreams of Hydra
Susan Lever
19 October 2016
On the Greek island, a conference reappraises the lives and work of Charmian Clift and George Johnston
Books & arts
What we talk about when we talk about music
Andrew Ford
17 October 2016
Despite the doubters, it
is
possible to talk about music. And the conversations can be revealing
Books & arts
Not suitable for children
Tanya Dalziell
4 October 2016
From the archive
| Helen Simpson’s
Under Capricorn
made a decades-long journey from novel to film to TV to DVD. Alfred Hitchcock’s version was a…
Books & arts
The fierce urgency of now
Jane Goodall
27 September 2016
Television
| A new documentary reveals the steely resolve of Barack Obama
Books & arts
Whose utopia?
Madeleine O’Dea
22 September 2016
Fascinated by cities, Chinese artist and documentary-maker Cao Fei constantly returns to urban landscapes
Books & arts
History drawn towards myth
Sylvia Lawson
22 September 2016
Cinema
| Clint Eastwood’s
Sully
reaches beyond its real-life plot
Books & arts
Anthony Albanese and the art of political arithmetic
Jane Goodall
9 September 2016
Books
| The story of a shrewd strategist tells us important things about the state of Australian politics
Books & arts
Wrong place, wrong time
Paul Rodan
9 September 2016
Books
| Energy and ambition fuelled the rise and fall of a remarkable but flawed Labor leader, writes
Paul Rodan
Books & arts
Haydn and the powdered wig
Andrew Ford
7 September 2016
Music
|
Andrew Ford
discovers the unimportance of style
Books & arts
What is all this fighting for?
Tom Hyland
18 August 2016
Books
| The army is better equipped and trained than ever before, says
Tom Hyland
, but is it in the right shape to fight a war close to home?
Books & arts
A poet in the provinces
Susan Lever
18 August 2016
Books
| Gwen Harwood’s letters reveal an exuberant wit and sense of the ridiculous, writes
Susan Lever
Books & arts
The matriarch
Sara Dowse
16 August 2016
Books
| Was Kate Leigh a bad woman, the worst in Sydney?
Books & arts
Making history in Rio
Jane Goodall
8 August 2016
Television
| It’s best to be in two minds about the Olympics, writes
Jane Goodall
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