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Books & arts Passionate spell Anne-Marie Condé 7 May 2026 How libraries made us Books & arts Beyond the looking-glass Gary Werskey 7 May 2026 Reflections on antisemitism Books & arts Murdoch versus Murdoch Rodney Tiffen 7 May 2026 Family dynamics dominate a new account of the attention-grabbing dynasty Books & arts Grammarian of the real Tony Hughes-d’Aeth 5 May 2026 The first biography of a key figure in Australia’s twentieth-century literary life

Books & arts It’s the pictures that got small Philippa Hawker 18 April 2026 A pair of legendary movies emerged from another of Hollywood’s turbulent eras Books & arts Going the distance Rob Hoffman 17 April 2026 A political scientist argues that democratic institutions need to stand up to authoritarians. But does that simply kick the can down the road? Books & arts First casualties Mark Baker 20 March 2026 A new account of Australia’s brutal first world war occupation of German New Guinea Books & arts Soaringly together Alecia Simmonds 11 March 2026 Romantic love gets all the headlines, says writer Andrew O’Hagan, but just as often it is friendship that describes the shape of our lives

Books & arts Reading “Discipline” Anne Freadman 24 February 2026 Everyone knows about the controversy, but what about the novel? National affairs Rough justice Peter Mares 19 February 2026 Economist Alan Manning shows why Angus Taylor is about to find out that immigration policy is hard Books & arts Frontlash Nicholas Brown 18 February 2026 Friedrich Hayek’s successors used an expanded armoury to fight their war against the state. But what explains their receptive audience? Essays & reportage Death on the Reef Sarah Hamylton 18 February 2026 Terry Hughes and his team’s maps brought the threat to the Great Barrier Reef into sharp international focus