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Serious about singing
Andrew Ford
6 October 2015
Music
| Take singing seriously and you're on your way to solving the problem of music education, writes
Andrew Ford
Books & arts
Crusader or conspirator?
Bruce Duncan
24 September 2015
Books
|
Bruce Duncan
reviews Gerard Henderson’s biography of B.A. Santamaria
Books & arts
The grilling season
Jane Goodall
23 September 2015
Television
| Monday night’s ABC interviews showed how TV can be dangerous for politicians in unexpected ways, writes
Jane Goodall
Books & arts
The congenial candidate
Norman Abjorensen
21 September 2015
Books
| Can Bill Shorten sell an unexciting message?
Norman Abjorensen
reviews David Marr’s new Quarterly Essay
Books & arts
China’s continental dreams
Graeme Smith
18 September 2015
Books
|
Graeme Smith
compares Howard French’s vivid account of China in Africa with his own research among Chinese migrants in the Pacific
Books & arts
The way we live now
Susan Lever
16 September 2015
Books
|
Susan Lever
reviews Susan Johnson’s new novel,
The Landing
Books & arts
From Agamemnon to Blair: portraits in failed political leadership
Stephen Mills
15 September 2015
Theatre
| A new production of Aeschylus’
Oresteia
has urgent contemporary relevance, writes
Stephen Mills
in London
Books & arts
Rediscovering India
Kate Sullivan
15 September 2015
Books
|
Kate Sullivan
reviews a new history that challenges enduring myths about Australia’s relations with India
Books & arts
Everyone was a bird
Andrew Ford
8 September 2015
Music
| It’s no surprise that Messiaen was a prisoner of war when he first made use of birdsong, writes
Andrew Ford
Books & arts
Bad moon rising
Jane Goodall
31 August 2015
Television
|
Aquarius
is a frustrating package of potentially great ideas, writes
Jane Goodall
Books & arts
Innocent abroad
Susan Lever
31 August 2015
Books
|
Susan Lever
reviews Gail Jones’s
A Guide to Berlin
Books & arts
Mrs Cameron’s photography
Richard Johnstone
24 August 2015
After taking up the camera at forty-eight, Julia Margaret Cameron produced a distinctive body of work
Books & arts
Labor’s golden four
Ken Haley
21 August 2015
Books
| Colour, movement and analysis – Joel Deane delivers all three in his account of Labor’s late nineties comeback in Victoria, writes
Ken Haley
Books & arts
The resolutely unpredictable Rolf de Heer
Brian McFarlane
12 August 2015
Books
| The best-ever account of an Australian director?
Brian McFarlane
reviews Jane Freebury’s survey of the director’s eclectic career
Books & arts
The Qing is dead! Long live the Qing!
John Fitzgerald
11 August 2015
Books
| Political philosopher Daniel A. Bell wants us to see China as a meritocracy-in-progress, writes
John Fitzgerald
. But is he really defending autocracy?
Books & arts
Out of the comfort zone
Jane Goodall
31 July 2015
Television
| Crime drama has been tipped upside down, writes
Jane Goodall
, as the BBC’s
Line of Duty
and Helen Piper’s
The TV Detective
reveal
Books & arts
Native title: the missing link
Michael Dillon
28 July 2015
Books
| A diverse new collection of essays lays out part of the roadmap for realising the potential of native title, writes
Michael Dillon
. But the political…
Books & arts
Fakers, makers and takers
Emily van der Nagel
16 July 2015
… not to mention genuinely useful views and reviews.
Emily van der Nagel
assesses a new study of online comments
Books & arts
The rising tide that lifts some yachts
Jane Goodall
13 July 2015
Books
| Why are we angered by stories of Greek hairdressers retiring at fifty on public pensions, asks
Jane Goodall
, yet unmoved at the thought of bailed-out…
Books & arts
The art of funding
Andrew Ford
13 July 2015
Music
| Arm’s-length decision-making and peer review have gone hand-in-hand at the Australia Council, writes
Andrew Ford
. But they are not the same thing
Books & arts
Looking backwards
Susan Lever
26 June 2015
Books
|
Susan Lever
reviews Steven Carroll's
Forever Young
Books & arts
At the end of the line
Sylvia Lawson
25 June 2015
Cinema
|
Sylvia Lawson
looks back on this year’s Sydney Film Festival
Books & arts
The steady gaze
Sylvia Lawson
18 June 2015
Cinema
| From the Sydney Film Festival
Sylvia Lawson
reviews
The Pearl Button
and
The Look of Silence
Books & arts
Personality as destiny
Jane Goodall
18 June 2015
The Killing Season
highlights the impact of politics on real people‚ and that has its costs for at least one of the participants
Books & arts
Laughing out loud
Emily van der Nagel
15 June 2015
Books
| Whitney Phillips set out to discover what motivates online trolls. She found part of the answer in mainstream culture, writes
Emily van der Nagel
Books & arts
Australia reconstructs
Hannah Forsyth
15 June 2015
Books
| Stuart Macintyre’s history of Australia in the 1940s is a big book in the best sense
Books & arts
Bling and propaganda in an ethics-free zone
John Besemeres
15 June 2015
Books
| The excesses of Vladimir Putin’s first eight years as president are vividly brought to life by journalist Peter Pomerantsev, writes
John Besemeres
Books & arts
Boulez at ninety
Andrew Ford
11 June 2015
Music
| Once you listen to the recordings, it’s clear that Pierre Boulez’s interpretations of other people’s work are neither arid nor cold, writes
Andrew Ford
Books & arts
The rise and rise of Narendra Modi
Robin Jeffrey
10 June 2015
Books
| What happens when a party of true believers led by a ferociously motivated politician takes on a dying government?
Robin Jeffrey
charts an enigmatic…
Books & arts
Loyalty: the Janus-faced virtue
Janna Thompson
3 June 2015
Books
| Usually a good thing in personal relationships, loyalty is less straightforward amid the pressures of organisational life, writes
Janna Thompson
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