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Books & Arts Jock Given 25 January 2022 Elon Musk has cast a spell across global business and investment. Someone needed to
Books & Arts Tim Rowse 11 January 2022 A new biography shows how William Cooper set out to civilise white Australia Books & Arts Sara Dowse 17 December 2021 Feminist thinker and activist Sheila Rowbotham remembers the 1970s Books & Arts Susan Lever 1 December 2021 Despite his critics, David Williamson created a remarkable body of popular work Essays & Reportage Frank Bongiorno 1 December 2021 Stuart Macintyre, 1947–2021
Books & Arts Zora Simic 19 November 2021 Helen Garner is at her best in this third volume of her diaries
Books & Arts Jane Goodall 16 November 2021 Truths, half-truths and ripping yarns come together in Miriam Margolyes’s This Much Is True Books & Arts Robert Phiddian 5 November 2021 Bill Leak’s biographer offers a sympathetic but unflinching account of the controversial cartoonist’s life From the archive Sean Kelly 5 November 2021 The prime minister set his own test for success — authenticity — and then went about passing it Books & Arts Graeme Dobell 26 October 2021 How a boy from the bush was seduced by the Asian giant
From the archive Sara Dowse 22 October 2021 In search of his forebears, a writer finds an era of “constructive cosmopolitan complexity”
Books & Arts Glenn Nicholls 20 October 2021 Colm Tóibín’s novelised life of the German writer Thomas Mann bridges a cultural gap Books & Arts Hamish McDonald 12 October 2021 A rollercoaster account of life during China’s era of excess throws indirect light on Xi Jinping’s presidency Books & Arts Brian McFarlane 8 October 2021 Lockdown has been a chance to compare on-screen treatments of the former British PM, and a documentary about his friendship with director Alexander Korda Books & Arts Sylvia Martin 7 October 2021 An unconventional biography reveals a complex cold war–era family
From the archive Robin Jeffrey 27 September 2021 How two sons of empire became leading public intellectuals
Books & Arts Brett Evans 27 September 2021 The first full biography of Scott Morrison tracks a sometimes rocky ride to the prime ministership Books & Arts Drusilla Modjeska 25 September 2021 A new biography captures the enigmatic Australian writer Essays & Reportage Andrew Chalk 17 September 2021 Andrew Chalk pays tribute to lawyer, writer and humanitarian Hal Wootten Books & Arts Sara Dowse 15 September 2021 Leïla Slimani vividly reimagines her grandmother’s life as a young French woman in Morocco
Essays & Reportage David Hayes 14 September 2021 A more nuanced figure lies behind the obituaries’ campaigning British hero-journalist, who died a year ago this month
Essays & Reportage David Hayes 14 September 2021 A more nuanced figure lies behind the obituarists’ campaigning hero-journalist Books & Arts Andrew Ford 10 August 2021 Gerald Finzi’s letters illuminate a time, a place and a composer’s mind Books & Arts Frank Bongiorno 7 August 2021 How a distinguished educator fell victim to church politics and personal enmities Essays & Reportage Tom Griffiths 6 August 2021 Mandy Martin, Australian artist
Books & Arts Zora Simic 6 August 2021 Amani Haydar illuminates kinship, migration and shattering loss
Books & Arts Janna Thompson 28 July 2021 “I dine, I play a game of backgammon, I converse, and am merry with my friends,” observed philosopher David Hume, before dragging himself back to his desk Books & Arts Patrick Mullins 7 July 2021 Gideon Haigh’s new book throws fresh light on the remarkable H.V. Evatt From the archive Hamish McDonald 25 June 2021 A seasoned observer of Indonesian politics has written a gripping account of Soeharto’s early years Books & Arts Zora Simic 11 June 2021 Sinéad O’Connor eschews the notion that art can be “too personal”