Inside Story

Books & arts Father and sons Brett Evans 2 October 2012 Books | The political and the personal illuminate each other in James Button’s fine account of a year in Canberra Books & arts Scandinavian noir Richard Johnstone 2 October 2012 Richard Johnstone on Scandinavia’s most influential crime writers Books & arts Between economy and security? Antonia Finnane 1 October 2012 The forty years since Australia established relations with China have been about a lot more than trade and defence, writes Antonia Finnane Books & arts Vast landscapes in tumult Sylvia Lawson 6 September 2012 Sylvia Lawson on Sergei Bondarchuk’s War and Peace and the French film-maker Chris Marker

Books & arts The price of China Geoffrey Barker 14 August 2012 Hugh White offers a provocative but not entirely persuasive account of the implications of China’s growing strength, writes Geoffrey Barker Books & arts Greene thoughts in a Greene shade Brian McFarlane 9 August 2012 Brian McFarlane reviews a hard-to-classify account of the influence of Graham Greene Books & arts Reading, writing, cooking, eating Richard Johnstone 9 August 2012 Richard Johnstone on two very different explorations of food Books & arts Lifelines Matthew McGuire 7 August 2012 David Park’s new novel adds to the evidence that we are in the midst of a golden age of Northern Irish fiction, writes Matthew McGuire

Books & arts The sense of islandness Ian McShane 28 June 2012 Ian McShane reviews Henry Reynolds’s new history of his home state Books & arts Retro gastronomy Dean Ashenden 28 June 2012 Dean Ashenden looks at Australians’ enthusiasm for new foods and our readiness to adapt, improvise and reinvent Books & arts Small armies Sylvia Lawson 28 June 2012 A Sydney Film Festival postscript from Sylvia Lawson Books & arts Getting personal Andrew Ford 25 June 2012 Andrew Ford forges a relationship with his new piano