Books & arts
12 December 2017
Books | Somehow, this extraordinarily diverse group of countries has held together for half a century. Can it last?
Books & arts
7 December 2017
Books | Is Gareth Evans’s “incorrigible optimism” evidence-based?
Books & arts
25 November 2017
A new book takes a nuanced look at ageing gay men and the world they live in
Books & arts
16 November 2017
Books | A former adviser to Tony Blair tackles conventional views of crime and its causes
Essays & reportage
14 November 2017
Controversy has erupted in Germany over the attitudes of key researchers at the Institute for Contemporary History in the 1950s. But does the evidence support the critics’ case?
From the archive
3 November 2017
Extract | A puzzling gift sends one of Australia’s leading biographers on a journey into her family’s past
Books & arts
17 October 2017
Books | John McPhee’s new guide to the craft of writing is much more than a textbook
Essays & reportage
17 October 2017
Extract | Gilda Civitico’s story illuminates the art and the science of tinkering
Books & arts
10 October 2017
What will Sam Dastyari do if he’s given a second chance? His autobiography only hints at an answer
Essays & reportage
5 October 2017
Self-publishing need no longer be a second-best option, especially if you’re a writer of genre fiction
Essays & reportage
2 October 2017
A letter from a worried juror threw into doubt Stephen Young’s conviction for the murder of Harry and Nicola Fuller. Did it also pinpoint a weakness in the way juries work?
Books & arts
29 September 2017
Books | How did eleven men and one woman fill the most difficult role in Australia’s postwar political dramas?
Books & arts
18 September 2017
Brian Burke’s doorstopper of a memoir is a valuable but partial account of a career propelled by an old grievance
National affairs
4 September 2017
Can we hold more than one idea in our heads at the same time?
Books & arts
4 September 2017
How did film-makers resolve the paradox of creating complex feature films during a period of total war?
Books & arts
1 September 2017
Books | Shashi Tharoor’s vigorous rejoinder to defenders of empire teaches other lessons as well
Essays & reportage
24 August 2017
Extract | An intensive care specialist argues for more help for the carers of people suffering cognitive decline
Books & arts
24 August 2017
Books | An outstanding new biography traces the life of the man who dominated early federal politics
Summer season
10 August 2017
Birth and luck clearly play an enormous role in our lives. So why does the idea of a meritocracy maintain its grip?
Books & arts
7 August 2017
Books | Epidemiologist Geoffrey Kabat helps steer us through the claims and counter claims
Books & arts
31 July 2017
Three writers explore the mixed inheritances that helped fuel their work
Books & arts
31 July 2017
Books | Donald Horne is a breezy, argumentative and sometimes wrong-headed guide to postwar Australia
Books & arts
25 July 2017
Books | Jack Bowers reveals a remarkable wealth of Australian autobiography
Books & arts
19 July 2017
Books | Martha Nussbaum wants to take the anger out of public life. It’s a highly ambitious goal, and would it necessarily be desirable?
Essays & reportage
18 July 2017
Extract | How Geoffrey Bolton’s environmental history made a difference
Books & arts
11 July 2017
Books | Edward Luce’s new book is just the beginning of an analysis of why liberal democracies are showing less capacity to respond to challenges
Books & arts
7 July 2017
Books | A former Morgan Stanley executive does a great job of exposing the flaws in mainstream economics. But his solution has problems of its own
Books & arts
3 July 2017
Books | When does consciousness end and unconsciousness begin?
Essays & reportage
26 June 2017
The Aboriginal community at La Perouse, on Botany Bay, has long been at the centre of a web of relationships
Books & arts
20 June 2017
Books | Australia’s diplomatic capabilities are about to be tested again