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Books & arts
Books & arts
Jack Body in transit
Andrew Ford
13 May 2015
Music
| Jack Body’s last composition,
Cries: A Border Town
, was a work like no other, writes
Andrew Ford
Books & arts
An ethical tightrope across Struggle Street
Jane Goodall
8 May 2015
Television
| “Poverty porn” it isn’t, but the aims of
Struggle Street
still worry
Jane Goodall
Books & arts
Forty millennia of Indigenous history at the British Museum
Maria Nugent
8 May 2015
The British Museum’s
Indigenous Australia
exhibition could change the conversation about relations between Indigenous people, museums and collections
Books & arts
A story for all seasons
Jane Goodall
5 May 2015
Television
|
Jane Goodall
reviews the BBC’s
Wolf Hall
Books & arts
“War goes to sleep, but with one eye always open”
Sylvia Lawson
29 April 2015
Cinema
|
Sylvia Lawson
reviews
German Concentration Camps Factual Survey
and remembers film-maker David Perry
Books & arts
The middle man
Brett Evans
23 April 2015
Books
| Tony Windsor made an indelible mark on federal politics, writes
Brett Evans
. And he might be considering a comeback
Books & arts
Anna Bligh, the story so far
Sara Dowse
20 April 2015
Books
|
Sara Dowse
reviews the autobiography of the former Queensland premier
Books & arts
Framing Australia
Richard Johnstone
13 April 2015
Photography
| A new exhibition makes illuminating connections across Australian photographic history, writes
Richard Johnstone
Books & arts
Joni, Bob and Van
Andrew Ford
8 April 2015
Music
| Next to Van Morrison and Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell’s output has been small, writes
Andrew Ford
. But she is a different kind of composer and performer
Books & arts
The comedy wars
Jane Goodall
7 April 2015
Television
| There’s plenty to enjoy about Stephen Oliver’s survey of TV humour, writes
Jane Goodall
. But how uniquely Australian is the phenomenon…
Books & arts
Full circle
Sylvia Lawson
2 April 2015
Cinema
|
Sylvia Lawson
reviews
Leviathan
and
Selma
Books & arts
The voice of a generation
Brian McFarlane
1 April 2015
Vera Brittain’s
Testament of Youth
, now in its second screen version, recounts a remarkable life amid the upheavals of a century ago, writes
Brian McFarlane
Books & arts
University days
Beverley Kingston
30 March 2015
Books
| Two new books highlight how Australian universities have changed in recent decades, writes
Beverley Kingston
Books & arts
Peter FitzSimons: poltergeist with two brains
David Stephens
25 March 2015
Books
| The self-described “storian” sells himself short in
Gallipoli
, writes
David Stephens
Books & arts
A contrarian takes on the internet, again
Ramon Lobato
21 March 2015
Books
| Internet critic Andrew Keen might be the man for the times, but his new book fails to convince
Ramon Lobato
Books & arts
Conflict out of chaos
Matthew Gray
20 March 2015
Books
| The Islamic State seemed to appear out of nowhere, writes
Matthew Gray
, but its origins lie in decades of conflict and bad decisions
Books & arts
Going with the floe
Susan Lever
12 March 2015
Books
|
Susan Lever
reviews James Bradley’s new novel about a future reshaped by a changing climate
Books & arts
Money talks
Tom Westland
12 March 2015
Books
| Feel like a tourist in the land of finance?
Tom Westland
reviews John Lanchester’s visitor’s guide
Books & arts
The collegial composer
Andrew Ford
10 March 2015
Music
| Bass drum, crotales or tubular bells?
Andrew Ford
takes the best advice
Books & arts
How good went bad in Afghanistan
Tom Hyland
4 March 2015
Books
| A new account of a long war lays bare a series of miscalculations and misunderstandings, writes
Tom Hyland
Books & arts
The call of the north
Jane Goodall
2 March 2015
Television
|
Jane Goodall
reviews
Fortitude
and the second series of
Broadchurch
Books & arts
True stories
Sylvia Lawson
27 February 2015
Cinema
|
Sylvia Lawson
reviews the Oscar-winning
Citizenfour
Books & arts
What happened next
Richard Johnstone
23 February 2015
Photography
| Unlike conventional war photography, aftermath photographs record consequences and allow us to explore the significance of what’s depicted, writes…
Books & arts
A fight or a feed? Making progressive politics in schooling
Dean Ashenden
12 February 2015
Books
| An American polemic about Chinese schools and OECD league tables exposes problems closer to home, argues
Dean Ashenden
Books & arts
The afterlife of Agatha Christie
John Rickard
5 February 2015
A new Hercule Poirot novel is a reminder of the remarkable narrative skills of his creator
Books & arts
On authenticity and Philip Glass
Andrew Ford
5 February 2015
Music
| Andrew Ford is surprised to find room for interpretation in the music of the influential American composer
Books & arts
The world’s largest stateless nation?
Matthew Gray
5 February 2015
Books
|
Matthew
Gray
reviews an illuminating account of a diverse nationality in search of self-determination
Books & arts
Revolutionary Sydney
Andrew Dodd
3 February 2015
Books
| Three men and a city in turmoil.
Andrew Dodd
reviews two new books about Sydney’s formative years
Books & arts
Strange and wonderful
Susan Lever
29 January 2015
Books
|
Susan Lever
reviews Michel Faber’s
The Book of Strange New Things
Books & arts
Lives in motion
Sylvia Lawson
28 January 2015
Cinema
|
Sylvia Lawson
reviews
Wild
,
Birdman
and
The Imitation Game
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