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
Books & arts
10 February 2012
If you think every combination of instruments has been tried, think again, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
8 February 2012
Sylvia Lawson on Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar and this year’s Australian film awards
Books & arts
8 February 2012
Two new books venture deep into the belly of global cybercrime and fraud, writes Ramon Lobato
Books & arts
3 February 2012
Darren Tofts reviews a new account of David Bowie’s transformation as the swinging sixties gave way to the glam seventies
Books & arts
1 February 2012
Richard Johnstone reviews Matías Néspolo’s Seven Ways to Kill a Cat
Books & arts
18 January 2012
Brian McFarlane reviews a huge collection of the correspondence of the very prolific P.G. Wodehouse
Books & arts
12 January 2012
Sylvia Lawson reviews The Iron Lady and The Ides of March
Books & arts
12 January 2012
Richard Johnstone’s paperback of the month, Death and the Dolce Vita: The Dark Side of Rome in the 1950s
Books & arts
21 December 2011
With the right leadership Burma could undoubtedly use its position between China and India to its advantage, writes Nicholas Farrelly