Books & arts
11 December 2013
There’s more to the pairing of the Beatles and the BBC Light Programme than might first meet the ear, says Andrew Ford
Books & arts
11 December 2013
Eleanor Hogan reviews a careful and often illuminating history of a northwestern Australian town
Books & arts
9 December 2013
Klaus Neumann reviews two books that put displaced people at the heart of contemporary history
Books & arts
5 December 2013
A new book shows how much Australia owes to canvas, writes Peter Spearritt
Books & arts
3 December 2013
In his desire to find the evil in Douglas Mawson, David Day overlooks the awkward tenderness and vulnerability that may lie at the heart of this flawed and driven man, writes…
Books & arts
2 December 2013
It’s not just sweatshop labour that keeps down the price of the stuff we buy, writes Brett Evans
Books & arts
2 December 2013
Richard Johnstone reviews Janet Lewis’s The Trial of Sören Qvist
Books & arts
29 November 2013
Sara Dowse reviews three new books about what it means to grow old
Books & arts
28 November 2013
How did an unelected campaign consultant come to exercise such influence over Labor’s 2013 campaign, asks Stephen Mills
Books & arts
15 November 2013
Three biographies reveal twentieth-century Australians in the thick of things, writes Frank Bongiorno
Books & arts
14 November 2013
Richard Johnstone explores the art of rephotography
Books & arts
13 November 2013
Wallpaper music? There’s more going on than you might think, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
13 November 2013
Sylvia Lawson reviews Ivan Sen’s masterly Mystery Road
Books & arts
7 November 2013
A new book unpacks the complex relationship between politics and football in Spain, writes Scott Ewing
Books & arts
6 November 2013
As a new book argues, innovation isn’t “soldered to science,” writes Michael Gilding
Books & arts
22 October 2013
Is there anything the National Broadband Network can learn from the thirteen-year transition to digital TV? Yes, says Jock Given
Books & arts
21 October 2013
Richard Johnstone reviews Ella K. Maillart’s account of a remarkable prewar journey across Europe and into Asia
Books & arts
21 October 2013
A new book argues that it is morally defensible to restrict migrants’ rights in order to give them access to the benefits of increased migration, writes Peter Mares
Books & arts
18 October 2013
Robin Jeffrey reviews a richly researched wake-up call from two distinguished India-watchers
Books & arts
17 October 2013
Sylvia Lawson reviews The Turning, Gravity, Blue Jasmine, Stories We Tell and The Act of Killing
Books & arts
10 October 2013
Andrew Ford on the challenge of combining words and music
Books & arts
9 October 2013
By the time Ken G. Hall filmed Dad Rudd M.P., his film-making had come to reflect international popular culture as well as Australian traditions, writes Julieanne Lamond
Books & arts
4 October 2013
Wrestling with evil might have less value than exploring the interplay of humanity’s crimes, follies and tragedies, writes R.J.B. Bosworth
Books & arts
3 October 2013
John Besemeres reviews a remarkable book and recounts the career of its equally remarkable author
Books & arts
2 October 2013
The film and TV landscape has changed forever. Annabelle Sheehan reviews a timely guidebook
Books & arts
25 September 2013
Richard Johnstone reviews Muriel Spark’s The Mandelbaum Gate
Books & arts
15 September 2013
We’re still living in Wagner’s world, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
13 September 2013
Journalism is increasingly becoming a matter of selecting from an avalanche of material, writes Scott Bridges
Books & arts
12 September 2013
Sylvia Lawson reviews The Gatekeepers and The Rocket
Books & arts
11 September 2013
Lesley Russell reviews a sweeping account of the United States in the twenty-first century by New Yorker writer George Packer