From the archive
18 April 2018
It’s still happening, says the Yorta Yorta composer of Pecan Summer
Essays & reportage
12 April 2018
Extract | Hidden behind the scandal of Mollie Dean’s death was a story worth telling
Books & arts
11 April 2018
Books | The former academic and the pugnacious ex-soldier both tell compelling stories about life before politics
Essays & reportage
8 April 2018
The story of Elizabeth Macarthur, a driving force in early New South Wales, highlights gaps in the story of colonial Australia
Essays & reportage
28 March 2018
Extract | A new biography probes the remarkable life of the Indigenous rights campaigner Mary Montgomerie Bennett
Books & arts
19 February 2018
Our TV critic reviews the ABC’s two-part documentary Hawke: The Larrikin and the Leader, first screened in February 2018
Essays & reportage
8 February 2018
Extract | Posted to Chungking in 1941, Keith Waller found his allies almost as challenging as the enemy
Books & arts
28 January 2018
The controversial critic of anthropologist Margaret Mead was a man driven to extremes
Books & arts
5 January 2018
Books | Beyond the headlines it generated, Kevin Rudd’s memoir helps explain why he lost the prime ministership
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 on 17 December 1967
Books & arts
7 December 2017
Books | Is Gareth Evans’s “incorrigible optimism” evidence-based?
Books & arts
5 December 2017
Ken Inglis was not only a widely admired historian but also a gifted reporter and a sharp-eyed pioneer of press criticism
Books & arts
9 November 2017
Over a long career, Sylvia Lawson was a prolific contributor to newspapers and magazines, including the pioneering Nation, and Inside Story
Books & arts
8 November 2017
An appreciation of journalist, critic and film industry activist Sylvia Lawson, who died this week
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
Books & arts
15 October 2017
Books | Sheila Fitzpatrick brilliantly illuminates her subject and his tumultuous times
Books & arts
10 October 2017
What will Sam Dastyari do if he’s given a second chance? His autobiography only hints at an answer
Books & arts
18 September 2017
Brian Burke’s doorstopper of a memoir is a valuable but partial account of a career propelled by an old grievance
Books & arts
24 August 2017
Books | An outstanding new biography traces the life of the man who dominated early federal politics
Books & arts
31 July 2017
Three writers explore the mixed inheritances that helped fuel their work
Books & arts
25 July 2017
Books | Jack Bowers reveals a remarkable wealth of Australian autobiography
Essays & reportage
18 July 2017
Extract | How Geoffrey Bolton’s environmental history made a difference
Books & arts
3 July 2017
Popular music can be hard to separate from our recollections
Books & arts
14 June 2017
A rediscovered memoir and a multi-season French drama point to new ways of thinking about the second world war
Books & arts
30 May 2017
Books | In the titanic battle over Greece’s economic sovereignty, the local audience was the big casualty
National affairs
12 May 2017
And he was no slouch on the TV either. Farewell to a great broadcaster and a great friend – as @Colvinius – of Inside Story
Essays & reportage
21 April 2017
When Robert Menzies’s pursuit of political ambitions annoyed key figures in the Melbourne establishment, they made their displeasure known through the city’s most exclusive…
Books & arts
29 March 2017
Books | A former journalist and diplomat offers a double-jointed view of Australia’s international role
Books & arts
21 March 2017
Books | Coinciding with the centenary of the Russian revolution, a compelling biography of the communist revolutionary plays down politics in favour of the personal