Books & arts
5 February 2015
Books | Matthew Gray reviews an illuminating account of a diverse nationality in search of self-determination
Books & arts
3 February 2015
Books | Three men and a city in turmoil. Andrew Dodd reviews two new books about Sydney’s formative years
Essays & reportage
29 January 2015
Geoff Meyer’s quest to establish his family origins ran up against inadequate state government archives and obstructive officials, writes Christine Kenneally
Books & arts
29 January 2015
Books | Susan Lever reviews Michel Faber’s The Book of Strange New Things
Books & arts
27 January 2015
Books | Steven Pinker’s latest book treads a fine line supremely well, says Brian McFarlane
Books & arts
9 January 2015
Books | We need to change, yet we resist. Sara Dowse reviews Vincent Deary’s compelling account of the psychological how and why
Books & arts
8 January 2015
Books | John Howard’s view of the Menzies years is partial in important respects, but he offers a valuable perspective on an important period
Books & arts
20 December 2014
Books | Brian McFarlane finds a collection of essays by Tim Parks about books and writing well worth finishing
From the archive
17 December 2014
Atul Gawande has written an important book about the limits of medicine
Books & arts
9 December 2014
Evan Osnos has written a remarkable book about the world’s most populous country, writes John Fitzgerald. But is it too distinctively an American view?
Books & arts
4 December 2014
What should we learn from US experiments, asks Dean Ashenden
Books & arts
4 December 2014
Two new books capture the diversity of Indonesia, writes Jacqui Baker. But does something get lost in the detail?
Books & arts
1 December 2014
The genesis of Donald Horne’s classic helps explain why it mattered
Books & arts
27 November 2014
Ken Haley finds much to like in this tribute to some of the greats of Australian journalism
Books & arts
20 November 2014
Melbourne-born photographer Ashley Gilbertson has abandoned action photography for a different way of depicting warfare, writes Richard Johnstone
Books & arts
13 November 2014
A diplomat and a psychologist have produced a remarkable guide to dealing with intransigent conflicts, writes Graeme Dobell
Books & arts
6 November 2014
Two accounts of getting, and being, pregnant tell only part of the story about conception and childbirth
Books & arts
6 November 2014
Adam Reich vividly describes the way different kinds of hospitals work in the United States, writes Lesley Russell. But what happened to the patients?
Books & arts
5 November 2014
How we should accommodate and respect the values of people who aren’t like us? A new book has some of the answers, writes Janna Thompson
Books & arts
31 October 2014
As much catharsis as history, Gareth Evans’s diaries are a compelling insider account, writes Ken Haley
Books & arts
27 October 2014
Dick Hamer’s election as Victorian Liberal leader was a seachange in the state’s politics and culture, writes Judith Brett
Books & arts
22 October 2014
Girls creator Lena Dunham has the knack of bottling the essence of the thing, writes Sophie Black
Books & arts
20 October 2014
Although he is best known as a war photographer, Don McCullin has aimed to do much more than record his own adventures, writes Richard Johnstone
Books & arts
15 October 2014
Books | What happened to the woman who beguiled on election night 2007?
Books & arts
23 September 2014
Jonathan Croall’s new book reveals a talented researcher and writer at work, says Brian McFarlane
Books & arts
19 September 2014
Historian John Rickard recalls an Australia in which private lives occasionally teetered on the edge of scandal
National affairs
19 September 2014
Private secretary, chief of staff, enforcer? Stephen Mills looks at the role of the prime minister’s most influential gatekeeper
Books & arts
19 September 2014
Stuart Macintyre reviews a new biography of the titan of Australian newspaper proprietors, David Syme
Books & arts
11 September 2014
There is a solution to the plight of pariah schools
Books & arts
11 September 2014
Angela Daly reviews Robert Crawford’s tale of two cities