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Books & arts Fragments of a modern Iran Sylvia Lawson 7 March 2012 Sylvia Lawson reviews A Separation and The Artist and pays tribute to producer Martin Williams Books & arts Friending Richard Johnstone 7 March 2012 Richard Johnstone reviews Kirsten Tranter’s A Common Loss Books & arts The politics of compassion Klaus Neumann 1 March 2012 Does morality necessarily play a positive role in political debates, asks Klaus Neumann Books & arts Urban romance Richard Johnstone 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 Going to the movies, writing about the movies Brian McFarlane 15 February 2012 Brian McFarlane on the life and work of the formidable American critic, Pauline Kael Books & arts A very British summer on your ABC Henry Reynolds 14 February 2012 ABC TV has returned to normal programming, but the dominance of Britain lingers on Books & arts Musical alchemy Andrew Ford 10 February 2012 If you think every combination of instruments has been tried, think again, writes Andrew Ford Books & arts Power play Sylvia Lawson 8 February 2012 Sylvia Lawson on Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar and this year’s Australian film awards

Books & arts Among Asia’s giants Nicholas Farrelly 21 December 2011 With the right leadership Burma could undoubtedly use its position between China and India to its advantage, writes Nicholas Farrelly Books & arts A dog of a pamphlet Brett Evans 21 December 2011 A new series of short books is fighting the wrong kind of war, writes Brett Evans Books & arts At sea with Einstein Tim Thwaites 16 December 2011 Tim Thwaites reviews an oblique introduction to one of the great figures of the twentieth century Books & arts Sameness, likeness and match Iain Topliss 15 December 2011 Iain Topliss looks at why we don’t – and shouldn’t – speak the same language, and how Russian has no single word for blue