Books & arts
8 May 2012
The most abstract of our arts is also one of the things that defines our humanity
Books & arts
3 May 2012
Richard Johnstone reviews a new edition of a classic novel
Books & arts
1 May 2012
Impossibly remote in many ways, the late fifties are portrayed with verve and nuance in John O’Grady’s bestselling novel, writes Brian McFarlane
Books & arts
30 April 2012
A culture of entitlement helped undermine policy-making under four Labor premiers, writes Andrew West
Books & arts
27 April 2012
If we are the sum of our memories, then how should we go about creating them, asks Richard Johnstone
Books & arts
27 April 2012
Iain Topliss revisits Marcel Carné’s classic, Les Enfants du Paradis
Books & arts
26 April 2012
Sylvia Lawson reviews This Must Be the Place and Le Havre
Books & arts
20 April 2012
Almost nothing remains of the once imposing myth of Putin the energetic moderniser, writes Robert Horvath
Books & arts
18 April 2012
Two new books wrestle with the issue of why readers’ trust in the media has plummeted, writes Denis Muller
Books & arts
12 April 2012
Andrew Ford reviews a captivating new recording of improvised jazz piano
Books & arts
10 April 2012
Are we so impressed by the power of collaboration that we’ve come to overvalue working in groups, asks Jock Given
Books & arts
4 April 2012
Richard Johnstone on Picador’s reissue of White Noise, and its fortieth anniversary cover design
Books & arts
2 April 2012
Guy Standing brings together evidence about precarious employment from across the world, but his argument leaves Ian Watson with some unanswered questions
Books & arts
23 March 2012
Ramon Lobato reviews the latest batch of high-concept crime dramas
Books & arts
22 March 2012
Norman Abjorensen reviews a new biography of the enigmatic Rick Farley
Books & arts
16 March 2012
What would Leonard Cohen make of the use of “Hallelujah” as a community anthem, asks Andrew Ford
Books & arts
8 March 2012
Mary Leahy reviews Rebecca Asher’s investigation of how parenthood is shaped by society
Books & arts
8 March 2012
Margin Call is a reminder that finance is both necessary and dangerous, writes John Quiggin
Books & arts
7 March 2012
Sylvia Lawson reviews A Separation and The Artist and pays tribute to producer Martin Williams
Books & arts
7 March 2012
Richard Johnstone reviews Kirsten Tranter’s A Common Loss
Books & arts
1 March 2012
Does morality necessarily play a positive role in political debates, asks Klaus Neumann
Books & arts
27 February 2012
From the archive | Fifty years after the publication of Jane Jacobs’s landmark book, we’re still trying to find our way around the city, writes Richard Johnstone
Books & arts
23 February 2012
The 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic has inevitably brought new interpretations of the tragedy. Geoffrey Barker reviews the latest
Books & arts
22 February 2012
Sean Scalmer reviews two accounts of the protests of 2011
Books & arts
16 February 2012
Critics of Peter Kosminsky’s series The Promise – released on DVD this week – are misrepresenting its depiction of Arab and Israeli characters, argues Hal Wootten
Books & arts
16 February 2012
New Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney albums in a single week? Close enough, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
16 February 2012
Glenn Nicholls reviews Albrecht Dümling’s study of refugee musicians from Nazism who came to Australia
Books & arts
16 February 2012
Denis O’Brien’s story helps explain what went wrong for the Celtic Tiger
Books & arts
15 February 2012
Brian McFarlane on the life and work of the formidable American critic, Pauline Kael
Books & arts
14 February 2012
ABC TV has returned to normal programming, but the dominance of Britain lingers on