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
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
Books & arts
11 September 2013
Ramon Lobato reviews two manifestos responding to the commercialisation of the web
Books & arts
10 September 2013
Filling the knowledge gap will only take us so far in dealing with Australia’s leadership problems, writes Helena Liu
Books & arts
6 September 2013
Scott Ewing reviews an indispensable guide to a world constantly being measured and surveyed
Books & arts
6 September 2013
What can Australians do? They used to make radios, TV sets and Volkswagens, writes Jock Given. After 2016, they won’t even be making Falcons
Books & arts
5 September 2013
Kerry O’Brien’s interview with Clive James was about as good as it gets
Books & arts
2 September 2013
It’s time for harder thinking about Labor’s strengths and weaknesses, says Frank Bongiorno