Books & arts
7 November 2016
England’s most famous composer is less English than he might seem
Books & arts
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
26 October 2016
Books | James Button’s tale of a football club made good has all the elements of classical drama
Books & arts
19 October 2016
On the Greek island, a conference reappraises the lives and work of Charmian Clift and George Johnston
Books & arts
17 October 2016
Despite the doubters, it is possible to talk about music. And the conversations can be revealing
Books & arts
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
27 September 2016
Television | A new documentary reveals the steely resolve of Barack Obama
Books & arts
22 September 2016
Fascinated by cities, Chinese artist and documentary-maker Cao Fei constantly returns to urban landscapes
Books & arts
22 September 2016
Cinema | Clint Eastwood’s Sully reaches beyond its real-life plot
Books & arts
9 September 2016
Books | The story of a shrewd strategist tells us important things about the state of Australian politics
Books & arts
9 September 2016
Books | Energy and ambition fuelled the rise and fall of a remarkable but flawed Labor leader, writes Paul Rodan
Books & arts
7 September 2016
Music | Andrew Ford discovers the unimportance of style
Books & arts
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
18 August 2016
Books | Gwen Harwood’s letters reveal an exuberant wit and sense of the ridiculous, writes Susan Lever
Books & arts
16 August 2016
Books | Was Kate Leigh a bad woman, the worst in Sydney?
Books & arts
8 August 2016
Television | It’s best to be in two minds about the Olympics, writes Jane Goodall
Books & arts
3 August 2016
Brian McFarlane reviews Whit Stillman’s Love and Friendship
Books & arts
22 July 2016
Cinema | Sylvia Lawson reviews Goldstone and The Measure of a Man.
Books & arts
22 July 2016
Books | This collaborative account shows how films, almost miraculously, get to the screen, writes Brian McFarlane
Books & arts
18 July 2016
Television | Game of Thrones brings to the screen qualities we associate with Aeschylus and Sophocles, writes Jane Goodall
Books & arts
5 July 2016
How do we reconcile an artist’s views with her work?
Books & arts
1 July 2016
Books | A new biography of Sydney lawyer and sometime politician Tom Hughes details a remarkable career, writes Tony Blackshield
Books & arts
27 June 2016
Television | Who are these people, and how different are they?
Books & arts
24 June 2016
Books | Maurizio Viroli wants us to take a fresh look at the political philosophy of Niccolò Machiavelli, writes Brett Evans
Books & arts
24 June 2016
Books | Thornton McCamish’s unconventional biography of writer Alan Moorehead succeeds beautifully, writes Evan Williams
Books & arts
8 June 2016
Television | The audience starred when the national broadcaster went to Tamworth, writes Jane Goodall
Books & arts
7 June 2016
Cinema | Sylvia Lawson reviews Chasing Asylum
Books & arts
7 June 2016
Books | A new collection of cartoons reveals a struggle to find the comic essence of Malcolm Turnbull, writes Robert Phiddian
Books & arts
2 June 2016
Composers might sometimes be envied by other artists, but music has a paradoxical limitation, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
2 June 2016
Books | Angus McMillan’s name has become attached to at least one massacre in Victoria’s Gippsland region, writes Peter Crowley. But does the…