Books & arts
29 July 2014
The centenary of the first world war has begun, writes Jane Goodall, but Australia’s public broadcasters are still feeling their way
Books & arts
28 July 2014
Why do so many dementia researchers hold to a single theory so fervently? An unsettling new book throws light on entrenched beliefs, writes David Le Couteur
Books & arts
28 July 2014
New visa arrangements make it possible for international students to study and work in Australia for many years without necessarily being on a path to permanent residency, writes…
Books & arts
25 July 2014
A contest is under way, writes Graeme Dobell, but it will be more like a nineteenth-century battle than a twentieth-century clash
Books & arts
23 July 2014
Has feckless Australia set itself up for a post-boom slump? Tom Westland reviews two new books that see the prospects quite differently
Books & arts
23 July 2014
Can work be good for employees and employers? Helena Liu reviews a new book that wrestles with problems of workplace organisation, but doesn’t go quite far enough
Books & arts
17 July 2014
Sylvia Lawson reviews Omar and Calvary
Books & arts
6 July 2014
A lullaby is a parent’s work song, writes Andrew Ford, even if the taskmaster isn’t paying attention to the words
Books & arts
2 July 2014
Three police shows axed in just one year. For some observers, it seemed like much more than a coincidence, writes Jock Given
Books & arts
27 June 2014
Where it once depicted the urban landscape, with or without human figures, street photography now captures people wherever they might be, writes Richard Johnstone
Books & arts
20 June 2014
A physician decodes an unsettling memoir of life in and beyond the operating theatre
Books & arts
20 June 2014
Sylvia Lawson reports from the Sydney Film Festival
Books & arts
12 June 2014
Books | Best known for her undercover exposé Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich ventures into entirely different territory in her new book, writes Sara Dowse
Books & arts
10 June 2014
Vocalists rewriting lyrics? Andrew Ford reaches for his Smith Corona
Books & arts
8 June 2014
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey is an important chapter in the evolution of how we learn about science, says Martin Bush. But it’s far from being the last word
Books & arts
6 June 2014
Jane Goodall reviews two new documentaries about wildfires
Books & arts
6 June 2014
Emily Crawford reviews Glenn Greenwald’s account of the Snowden affair
Books & arts
5 June 2014
Sylvia Lawson on the Sydney Film Festival, My Sweet Pepper Land and Ida
Books & arts
4 June 2014
Paralysed leader or bad advice? Stephen Mills reviews a new account of the Rudd–Gillard government and what it says about the party’s future
Books & arts
3 June 2014
Phillip Schuler’s dispatches from Gallipoli captured the horror and the heroism for Australian readers, writes Mark Baker
Books & arts
29 May 2014
The Saturday Paper displays both the strengths and limitations of a primarily print-based publication, writes Sybil Nolan
Books & arts
28 May 2014
Philip Chubb’s insider account of the demise of Kevin Rudd’s climate scheme is essential reading, says Andrew Dodd
Books & arts
27 May 2014
Katrin Koenning’s photographs form a landscape of intimate moments, writes Annika Lems
Books & arts
20 May 2014
What is the cost of feeding our national appetites? Jane Goodall watches ABC TV one Monday night
Books & arts
15 May 2014
Sylvia Lawson looks at National Film and Sound Archive cuts and reviews The Grand Budapest Hotel and Healing
Books & arts
14 May 2014
Taste and criticism don’t necessarily go together, argues Andrew Ford
Books & arts
8 May 2014
David Pearson reviews a careful but challenging account of New Zealand’s treatment of refugees and asylum seekers
Books & arts
7 May 2014
Does the future of entertainment lie with superstars or in the “long tail,” ask Jock Given and Marion McCutcheon
Books & arts
6 May 2014
The Australian Open pivots to Asia, writes Jock Given
Books & arts
5 May 2014
Despite the overheated judging panel, So You Think You Can Dance deserves to live on, writes Jane Goodall