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Books & arts A triumph of human resistance Ian McShane 15 December 2025 Historian Shayne Breen goes deep into Tasmania’s past, and illuminates its present Books & arts The view from Grassy Hill Glyn Davis 15 December 2025 In his new book, Henry Reynolds turns Australian history on its head Books & arts A particular idea of Australianness Richard Johnstone 8 December 2025 PIX magazine introduced photojournalism to a fast-changing mid-century society Books & arts Can we not live with Patrick White any longer? Nicholas Jose 5 December 2025 “In White, Beckett meets Groucho Marx — and both fuse in an Elizabethan tragedy,” says a passionate new defence of the Nobel Prize–winning writer

Books & arts The entertaining insurgent Dominic Kelly 10 November 2025 Conservative activist William F. Buckley cajoled America along the road to the Reagan revolution Essays & reportage The marvellous world of the marvellous Alison Bechdel Iain Topliss 10 November 2025 The cartoonist’s dazzling artwork and salty wit combine to great effect Books & arts The mushroom crowd Jeremy Gans 9 November 2025 Three writers talk about what could and couldn’t be said at Erin Patterson’s murder trial Books & arts Love stories Nick Haslam 3 November 2025 Done properly, psychoanalysis doesn’t provide ready answers, says practitioner Stephen Grosz

Books & arts Talking about a revolution Marian Quartly 24 October 2025 Hope can be found in the history of Australian feminism. But what best to do next? Books & arts Moscow’s rights-defenders Mark Edele 22 October 2025 A prize-winning account of Soviet-era human rights activists throws light on Putin’s Russia Books & arts Hunger’s legacy Ronan McDonald 20 October 2025 Ireland’s devastating Great Famine is also part of Australia’s European history Books & arts Engineering China’s future Michael Gill 17 October 2025 Sometimes the only things scarier than China’s problems are Beijing’s solutions, says seasoned observer Dan Wang