Books & arts
16 August 2011
Linda Jaivin reviews the Chinese-language edition of Chan Koonchung’s controversial novel The Fat Years, now available in English
Books & arts
11 August 2011
Jeremy Beckett discusses Brisbane’s celebration of Torres Strait Islander culture, which launched in early July and continues until October
Books & arts
10 August 2011
Increasingly people are watching rather than simply listening to recorded music, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
29 July 2011
Australians are likely to get a statutory right of privacy. Though it needs careful crafting, it’s high time
Books & arts
29 July 2011
Anna Cristina Pertierra looks at what social media tells us about communication
Books & arts
28 July 2011
Sylvia Lawson reviews Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life and Kelly Reichardt’s Meek’s Cutoff
Books & arts
27 July 2011
Joseph Lelyveld’s new biography of Mahatma Gandhi caused a storm in India even before it was published there. Thomas Weber looks at the book and its critics
Books & arts
21 July 2011
Curbing News Limited's reach wouldn’t be simple, writes Peter Browne, but there are other ways to encourage diversity
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 books look at places where social ecologies take root and flourish
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