Inside Story

Essays & reportage Beyond words Iain Topliss 18 December 2024 Whether comical or conceptual, political or geographic, Saul Steinberg’s drawings extend the viewer’s horizons Books & arts Map-making and myth-busting Zora Simic 14 December 2024 Joni Mitchell’s latest biographer creates a new geography of her work and influence Books & arts The good fight Gary Werskey 11 December 2024 How two political consultants pushed the Democratic Party towards their imagined middle ground Books & arts Does Xi’s ideology matter? John Fitzgerald 11 December 2024 Kevin Rudd sees a clear line between the Chinese president’s worldview and his country’s path. But is it as simple as that?

Essays & reportage What the West forgot about democracy Erica Benner 29 November 2024 Outsiders promoting political liberalisation in an impatient or immodest spirit shouldn’t be surprised by a backlash Books & arts After the factory girls Antonia Finnane 25 November 2024 Yuan Yang profiles a new generation of Chinese women Books & arts What have the Romans done for us? Ken Haley 24 November 2024 A new history of the original superpower Essays & reportage The phoenix Helen Ennis 22 November 2024 Photographer Max Dupain returned from the war determined to reinvent himself and his work

Books & arts In the face of death Jacinta Halloran 1 November 2024 Life’s binaries bleed into each other in a spirited memoir shadowed by a terminal illness Books & arts Have you been working hard recently? John Docker 1 November 2024 Our reviewer savours an idiosyncratic account of the Queen, on and off duty Books & arts Opening doors in Central Australia Glenn Nicholls 1 November 2024 A Lutheran pastor introduced to remote communities a different way of thinking about schooling for Aboriginal children Books & arts Let them not eat Tip Truck Cake Anne-Marie Condé 31 October 2024 Triple-tested in its own kitchen, the Women’s Weekly’s recipes helped shape Australian tastes. But it had its rivals