Books & arts
12 February 2015
Books | An American polemic about Chinese schools and OECD league tables exposes problems closer to home, argues Dean Ashenden
Books & arts
5 February 2015
A new Hercule Poirot novel is a reminder of the remarkable narrative skills of his creator
Books & arts
5 February 2015
Music | Andrew Ford is surprised to find room for interpretation in the music of the influential American composer
Books & arts
5 February 2015
Books | Matthew Gray reviews an illuminating account of a diverse nationality in search of self-determination
Books & arts
3 February 2015
Books | Three men and a city in turmoil. Andrew Dodd reviews two new books about Sydney’s formative years
Books & arts
29 January 2015
Books | Susan Lever reviews Michel Faber’s The Book of Strange New Things
Books & arts
28 January 2015
Cinema | Sylvia Lawson reviews Wild, Birdman and The Imitation Game
Books & arts
28 January 2015
Television | Science broadcaster Brian Cox navigates the line between two kinds of uncertainty, writes Jane Goodall
Books & arts
27 January 2015
Books | Steven Pinker’s latest book treads a fine line supremely well, says Brian McFarlane
Books & arts
22 January 2015
Books | We can’t take beaches for granted, writes Peter Spearritt. Two books show there’s a lot we could lose
Books & arts
9 January 2015
Books | We need to change, yet we resist. Sara Dowse reviews Vincent Deary’s compelling account of the psychological how and why
Books & arts
8 January 2015
Books | John Howard’s view of the Menzies years is partial in important respects, but he offers a valuable perspective on an important period
Books & arts
8 January 2015
Television | With a third season of Masters of Sex screening this year, Susan Lever charts the highs and lows of a TV drama inspired by real events
Books & arts
8 January 2015
Music | It’s not necessarily all that far from Joni Mitchell to the Eton Choirbook, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
20 December 2014
Books | Brian McFarlane finds a collection of essays by Tim Parks about books and writing well worth finishing
Books & arts
18 December 2014
Cinema | Sylvia Lawson reviews Particle Fever, The Dark Horse and Finding Vivian Maier, and farewells Margaret and David
Books & arts
16 December 2014
Monday night’s coverage from Martin Place is a reminder that live-to-air television is now an integral part of our emergency-response system, writes Inside …
Books & arts
10 December 2014
Andrew Ford’s pick of 2014 album releases
Books & arts
9 December 2014
Evan Osnos has written a remarkable book about the world’s most populous country, writes John Fitzgerald. But is it too distinctively an American view?
Books & arts
4 December 2014
What should we learn from US experiments, asks Dean Ashenden
Books & arts
4 December 2014
Two new books capture the diversity of Indonesia, writes Jacqui Baker. But does something get lost in the detail?
Books & arts
1 December 2014
The genesis of Donald Horne’s classic helps explain why it mattered
Books & arts
27 November 2014
Ken Haley finds much to like in this tribute to some of the greats of Australian journalism
Books & arts
26 November 2014
What if you ditched the whole marketing bonanza, asks Jane Goodall, and had nothing but the talent?
Books & arts
26 November 2014
Sylvia Lawson reviews Two Days, One Night and Winter Sleep, and dips into three film festivals
Books & arts
20 November 2014
Melbourne-born photographer Ashley Gilbertson has abandoned action photography for a different way of depicting warfare, writes Richard Johnstone
Books & arts
13 November 2014
A diplomat and a psychologist have produced a remarkable guide to dealing with intransigent conflicts, writes Graeme Dobell
Books & arts
10 November 2014
Brett Evans talks to award-winning Indigenous screenwriter Steven McGregor
Books & arts
10 November 2014
Mopping his brow, Andrew Ford considers the sources of inspiration
Books & arts
8 November 2014
From the archive | Remember Me: The Lost Diggers of Vignacourt is on show in Sydney until 15 January 2015. Richard Johnstone reviewed its Canberra run…