Essays & reportage
8 December 2016
Two men, two legs, two stories…
Books & arts
11 November 2016
Books | A new biography explores the ambivalent legacy of being “born of the conquerors”
Books & arts
19 October 2016
On the Greek island, a conference reappraises the lives and work of Charmian Clift and George Johnston
Essays & reportage
17 September 2016
Howard on Menzies makes for compelling viewing. But its flaws echo the shortcomings of Australia’s longest-serving prime minister
Books & arts
9 September 2016
Books | The story of a shrewd strategist tells us important things about the state of Australian politics
Books & arts
9 September 2016
Books | Energy and ambition fuelled the rise and fall of a remarkable but flawed Labor leader, writes Paul Rodan
Books & arts
18 August 2016
Books | Gwen Harwood’s letters reveal an exuberant wit and sense of the ridiculous, writes Susan Lever
Books & arts
16 August 2016
Books | Was Kate Leigh a bad woman, the worst in Sydney?
Books & arts
22 July 2016
Books | This collaborative account shows how films, almost miraculously, get to the screen, writes Brian McFarlane
Books & arts
1 July 2016
Books | A new biography of Sydney lawyer and sometime politician Tom Hughes details a remarkable career, writes Tony Blackshield
From the archive
27 June 2016
The legendary dispatch failed its first test nearly a century ago in London
Books & arts
24 June 2016
Books | Thornton McCamish’s unconventional biography of writer Alan Moorehead succeeds beautifully, writes Evan Williams
Books & arts
7 June 2016
Books | A new collection of cartoons reveals a struggle to find the comic essence of Malcolm Turnbull, writes Robert Phiddian
Books & arts
17 March 2016
Adam Sisman’s biography of the prolific writer highlights the fine line between stories and lies, writes Peter Love
From the archive
8 March 2016
Identifying and acknowledging an Aboriginal lineage can be a complex and challenging process
Books & arts
1 March 2016
Books | Meg Gurry reviews Michael McKernan’s account of one family in war and peace
Books & arts
22 February 2016
Books | Crawford Productions was created in the early years of Australian TV, writes Susan Lever, and its influence is still alive in the industry
Essays & reportage
23 December 2015
Circumstances propelled the gregarious John Gorton into the top job, but the party termites quickly got to work
Books & arts
17 December 2015
Books | Graeme Dobell reviews an admirer’s biography of the controversial scholar-strategist
Books & arts
11 December 2015
Books | Paddy Manning’s biography of Malcolm Turnbull reveals a man in a blazing hurry, writes Brett Evans
Books & arts
10 December 2015
Books | Australian women have been reporting from war zones since the beginning of the twentieth century, and sometimes that’s meant stepping over the line
Books & arts
23 November 2015
Books | Napoleon’s defeat and exile reverberated as far as Australia, writes Susan Lever. Two new books piece together his years on St Helena
Books & arts
18 November 2015
A new biography reveals a complex and contentious figure
Books & arts
12 November 2015
Books | Brett Evans follows Peter Garrett from West Pymble to Canberra, via French’s in Oxford Street
Books & arts
12 October 2015
Two NZ-born photographers created a remarkable body of work in Australia during the first half of the twentieth century
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
Books & arts
24 September 2015
Books | Bruce Duncan reviews Gerard Henderson’s biography of B.A. Santamaria
Books & arts
21 September 2015
Books | Can Bill Shorten sell an unexciting message? Norman Abjorensen reviews David Marr’s new Quarterly Essay
Essays & reportage
24 July 2015
Tom Griffiths welcomes a profound exploration of intergenerational memory
Books & arts
10 June 2015
Books | What happens when a party of true believers led by a ferociously motivated politician takes on a dying government? Robin Jeffrey charts an enigmatic…