Books & arts
12 July 2011
Annika Lems reviews anthropologist Michael Jackson’s illuminating account of his return to the village of Firawa in Sierra Leone
Books & arts
7 July 2011
Brian McFarlane reviews a perceptive biography of actor-director-manager John Gielgud
Books & arts
30 June 2011
You shouldn’t have to work for free to break into the white-collar world, argues Ross Perlin in this new book. Sara Dowse agrees
Books & arts
29 June 2011
Journalists need to think more carefully about their relationships with their sources, writes Matthew Ricketson
Books & arts
28 June 2011
Christopher Snedden reviews two books – a memoir and a novel – about the conflict in Kashmir
Books & arts
23 June 2011
Let’s allow our history to be complicated, argues Tim Rowse in this review of two new books about black–white relations
Books & arts
22 June 2011
Sylvia Lawson at the Sydney Film Festival
Books & arts
21 June 2011
Two new books look at the places where social ecologies take root and flourish, writes Ian McShane
Books & arts
14 June 2011
Brian McFarlane reviews a new collection of critical essays about contemporary novels
Books & arts
13 June 2011
Sylvia Lawson reviews a new book about Australian documentaries, and two recent cinema releases
Books & arts
6 June 2011
MUSIC | Andrew Ford explores the darkness at the junction of pop music and other genres
Books & arts
3 June 2011
We can now start to see how the world has and hasn’t been changed by WikiLeaks
Books & arts
2 June 2011
Richard Johnstone considers the art of screen adaptation – with and without a literary source
Books & arts
24 May 2011
CINEMA | Sylvia Lawson reviews Here I Am and Mad Bastards
Books & arts
13 May 2011
Jill Kitson on Mad Men and The Great Gatsby
Books & arts
12 May 2011
Deported after the first world war, Paul Dubotzki had created a remarkable record of life as an internee, writes Glenn Nicholls
Books & arts
11 May 2011
West African countries supply two-thirds of the world’s chocolate, but spreading the benefits might take more than Quaker capitalism or Fairtrade, writes Brett Evans
Books & arts
10 May 2011
It was 1958, the year Brazil won the World Cup. National pride was at its zenith, writes Andrew Ford, and you can hear it in the music
Books & arts
5 May 2011
It might feel right, but is it good for the kids? Sara Dowse reviews two very different books about childhood
Books & arts
4 May 2011
The Internet Movie Database changed the way we think about films, and now it’s influencing the industry itself, writes Richard Johnstone
Books & arts
23 April 2011
Jill Kitson reviews a new account of the wartime leadership of the diminutive Australian prime minister
Books & arts
15 April 2011
CINEMA | Sylvia Lawson reviews four new releases, including How I Ended this Summer
Books & arts
14 April 2011
Jane Goodall discusses David Malouf’s new Quarterly Essay
Books & arts
11 April 2011
Shane Maloney reviews a second series of Henning Mankell’s Wallander stories filmed for TV
Books & arts
7 April 2011
Resistance and collaboration were rarely clearcut in occupied France
Books & arts
6 April 2011
Despite the dominance of mainstream economics, important national differences prevail within the profession, writes Geoffrey Barker
Books & arts
4 April 2011
Yes, languages do influence the way we see the world
Books & arts
1 April 2011
What we are looking for when we wander through IKEA stores?
Books & arts
24 March 2011
A new book argues that Barack Obama is guided by “philosophical pragmatism.” Jill Kitson isn’t so sure
Books & arts
24 March 2011
CINEMA | As Charles Ferguson’s new documentary shows, much of the liveliest cinema falls outside feature films, writes Sylvia Lawson