Inside Story

Books & arts The many meanings of Melanesia Graeme Dobell 25 March 2025 An Australian journalist’s slow journey from Fiji to New Guinea Books & arts Stitches and holes Anne-Marie Condé 24 March 2025 A new biography wrestles with the challenge of capturing a decade and a half of Miles Franklin’s life Books & arts Stuck in the middle Michael Gill 17 March 2025 An American journalist lifts the veil on a company that might exemplify China’s future Books & arts Comfort ye my people Andrew Ford 13 March 2025 For writer Charles King, Handel’s Messiah offers “the staggering possibility that the world might turn out all right”

Books & arts Silent terror Jon Richardson 21 February 2025 A chilling account of occupied southeastern Ukraine reveals a systematic program of Russification combined with chaos, brutality and corruption Books & arts Why the humanities are worth fighting for Kate Fullagar 21 February 2025 Philosopher Martha Nussbaum hasn’t quite nailed the problem, or the possible solutions Books & arts Freedom, served chilled Gideon Haigh 20 February 2025 A high-profile lawyer defends employees’ rights to free speech, regardless of their politics Books & arts Menzies hits his straps Paul Rodan 14 February 2025 Much good luck and a degree of good management enabled the long-serving prime minister to ride the postwar boom

Essays & reportage Working for Whitlam Iola Mathews 28 January 2025 Future MP Race Mathews had an insider’s view of policy development — not least health policy — in the office of the leader of the opposition Books & arts Blood quantum Martha Macintyre 28 January 2025 Who is entitled to be a Native American? Books & arts Sleuths, salvagers and revivalists Jim Davidson 27 January 2025 Language flows in unexpected ways Books & arts Love, Oliver Nick Haslam 16 January 2025 Nothing exposes the famed neurologist as much as his letters