Inside Story

Books & arts Not singing, but being a singer Andrew Ford 14 May 2021 Who exactly were the New Romantics? Books & arts A risk-taker in the laboratory Janna Thompson 14 May 2021 A biography of biochemist Jennifer Doudna raises hard questions about where genetic research is heading Books & arts The self-esteem racket, and other quick fixes Nick Haslam 4 May 2021 How overhyped findings undermined psychology’s authority Books & arts The power and proximity of the dragon Graeme Dobell 2 May 2021 How can Southeast Asian countries embrace China without being crushed?

Books & arts What happens next Zora Simic 10 April 2021 Books | Two Australian men write about trauma’s lingering effects Essays & reportage Was Bob Askin corrupt? Mike Steketee 9 April 2021 With a new book reopening the debate about the one-time NSW premier’s behaviour in office, our correspondent assesses the evidence Books & arts Philosophers under siege Janna Thompson 7 April 2021 Books | Are reports of philosophy’s death premature? National affairs Invisible arrivals Stuart Macintyre 1 April 2021 The national identities ascribed to Australia’s postwar migrants masked a striking diversity of backgrounds and attitudes

From the archive Sublime morality without the miracles Janna Thompson 24 February 2021 The afterlife of Thomas Jefferson’s Bible Books & arts Between the covers Phillipa McGuinness 12 February 2021 Books | Big personalities vie with an unforgiving marketplace in this insider’s view of publishing Books & arts Foiled expectations Kerrie Davies 12 February 2021 Books | Despite the discouraging news reaching London, hundreds of women ventured from Britain to the colonies in search of work Books & arts Reckless game Brian McFarlane 11 February 2021 Books | A lifetimes’s flirting with danger lay behind the fictions of Graham Greene