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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

Books & arts From cold warrior to Tory radical Peter Love 14 December 2020 The long writing career of John le Carré, who died on Saturday Books & arts World in motion Madeline Gleeson 9 December 2020 Books | From butterflies to humans, migration is essential and unstoppable Books & arts Tribal markers Janna Thompson 8 December 2020 When ethical views come pre-packaged, it’s hard to have productive conversations Books & arts Clipping his own ticket Michael Gill 8 December 2020 Books | How Lionel Barber rescued one of the world’s great newspapers