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Books & arts Labor’s history wars roll on Stephen Mills 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 The lack of men, the lack of reinforcement, the lack of munitions Mark Baker 3 June 2014 Phillip Schuler’s dispatches from Gallipoli captured the horror and the heroism for Australian readers, writes Mark Baker Books & arts True believers Sybil Nolan 29 May 2014 The Saturday Paper displays both the strengths and limitations of a primarily print-based publication, writes Sybil Nolan Books & arts How it all went wrong Andrew Dodd 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 Game changers Jock Given 6 May 2014 The Australian Open pivots to Asia, writes Jock Given Books & arts “Mag – Nificent!” Jane Goodall 5 May 2014 Despite the overheated judging panel, So You Think You Can Dance deserves to live on, writes Jane Goodall Books & arts Seduction or safety? Matthew Ricketson 5 May 2014 Writer Joe McGinniss, who died in March, became a lightning rod for criticism of the way journalists deal with their sources, writes Matthew Ricketson Books & arts What about the rabbit? Brian McFarlane 26 April 2014 In London, Brian McFarlane reviews three valiant attempts to make the transition from celluloid to the theatre

Books & arts The God of big things Janna Thompson 1 April 2014 In Culture and the Death of God Terry Eagleton explores the persistence of religious ideas in political life and culture Books & arts Unpredictable to whom, and in what way? Ben Eltham 28 March 2014 Not only is he an anti-Chomskyan, Philip Lieberman is also an enemy of evolutionary biology and pop neuroscience, writes Ben Eltham Books & arts The social life of Muslim women’s rights Shakira Hussein 19 March 2014 Lila Abu-Lughod set out to discover “why the emerging Western common sense about Muslim women did not capture what I knew from experience and from reading history.”… Books & arts Moving pictures Richard Johnstone 18 March 2014 The continuing popularity of tattoos is a paradox, writes Richard Johnstone. Which other fashion refuses to acknowledge a use-by date?