From the archive
6 December 2018
HBO’s carefully paced adaptation of My Brilliant Friend brings a corner of Naples to life
From the archive
28 November 2018
A third win for Labor under Bob Hawke broke the postwar pattern forever
From the archive
16 November 2018
Peter Jackson’s vivid account of the Great War is also a tribute to the art of the cinema
From the archive
12 October 2018
Like Martin Luther King, philosopher Martha Nussbaum wants to take the anger out of democracy
From the archive
8 October 2018
What explains the curious persistence of the Myers–Briggs personality test?
From the archive
18 September 2018
Peter purchased, Carolyn rented, and then the market (and bad policies) took over
From the archive
2 July 2018
Two compelling works of hybrid non-fiction explore how the past lives on in the present
From the archive
23 April 2018
A single image can open up an unexplored part of a subject’s life, writes the biographer of writer and activist Aileen Palmer
From the archive
18 April 2018
It’s still happening, says the Yorta Yorta composer of Pecan Summer
From the archive
9 April 2018
Van Morrison has it, Gladys Knight has it, and so does Aretha Franklin. Somehow Nick Coleman captures it on the page
From the archive
4 February 2018
Despite the sceptics, Melbourne’s Australian Open has become the biggest and best on the Grand Slam circuit
From the archive
27 December 2017
Despite her international fame, the Tasmanian-born pianist’s career was cut short by a conservative musical establishment
From the archive
17 December 2017
A chance encounter anticipated the shocking disappearance of a prime minister fifty years ago
From the archive
3 November 2017
Extract | A puzzling gift sends one of Australia’s leading biographers on a journey into her family’s past
From the archive
13 April 2017
Despite “the worst opening night of any show I can remember,” This Day Tonight transformed Australian TV current affairs
From the archive
3 March 2017
A Scottish island with links to Australia is a key to the modern world
From the archive
11 November 2016
How one of Britain’s greatest directors transferred John O’Grady’s sharply observed comic novel to the screen
From the archive
13 October 2016
A critic-turned-employee of the Australian recalls the highs and lows of dealing with Chris Mitchell, editor-in-chief
Books & arts
9 August 2016
Music | After a run of ho-hum albums, it’s good news for fans, says Andrew Ford
From the archive
28 July 2016
We’re still living with the legacy of Labor’s decision to support public funding of non-government schools
From the archive
27 June 2016
The legendary dispatch failed its first test nearly a century ago in London
From the archive
10 May 2016
A political scientist spends four months in the Australian capital
From the archive
25 March 2016
The last print run of a once vital newspaper has been hailed as a digital ascent. But it’s more complicated than that
From the archive
8 March 2016
Identifying and acknowledging an Aboriginal lineage can be a complex and challenging process
From the archive
2 February 2016
Bertrand Russell’s classic raises old questions about new problems
From the archive
21 October 2015
Kangaroo may be the first truly modern novel written in Australia
From the archive
3 October 2015
The personal and the political are bound up in the life of anthropologist, Stasi informer and one-time Canberra resident Fred Rose
From the archive
20 May 2015
Michael Cooney’s account of his years as prime ministerial speechwriter helps explain what went wrong
From the archive
17 December 2014
Atul Gawande has written an important book about the limits of medicine
From the archive
21 July 2014
Cyril Wyndham, the energetic, reformist outsider, changed forever the way Labor organised itself federally. And then he paid the price