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Books & arts Bling and propaganda in an ethics-free zone John Besemeres 15 June 2015 Books | The excesses of Vladimir Putin’s first eight years as president are vividly brought to life by journalist Peter Pomerantsev, writes John Besemeres Books & arts The rise and rise of Narendra Modi Robin Jeffrey 10 June 2015 Books | What happens when a party of true believers led by a ferociously motivated politician takes on a dying government? Robin Jeffrey charts an enigmatic… Books & arts Loyalty: the Janus-faced virtue Janna Thompson 3 June 2015 Books | Usually a good thing in personal relationships, loyalty is less straightforward amid the pressures of organisational life, writes Janna Thompson Books & arts Bringing up John and Betty Peter Robinson 2 June 2015 Books | A new book by sociologist Steven Mintz offers insights into modern adulthood, writes Peter Robinson. But it’s limited by a near-exclusive focus on…

Books & arts Groups are dumber than you think (but we can make them smarter) Paul ’t Hart 14 May 2015 Books | Cass Sunstein and Reid Hastie want us to think differently about making decisions in groups. But there’s a small herd of elephants in the room, writes… Books & arts The middle man Brett Evans 23 April 2015 Books | Tony Windsor made an indelible mark on federal politics, writes Brett Evans. And he might be considering a comeback Books & arts Anna Bligh, the story so far Sara Dowse 20 April 2015 Books | Sara Dowse reviews the autobiography of the former Queensland premier Books & arts The voice of a generation Brian McFarlane 1 April 2015 Vera Brittain’s Testament of Youth, now in its second screen version, recounts a remarkable life amid the upheavals of a century ago, writes Brian McFarlane

Essays & reportage An assault on the life of a people Janna Thompson 23 February 2015 As the hundredth anniversary of the Armenian genocide approaches, Janna Thompson considers the nature of the crime Books & arts A fight or a feed? Making progressive politics in schooling Dean Ashenden 12 February 2015 Books | An American polemic about Chinese schools and OECD league tables exposes problems closer to home, argues Dean Ashenden Books & arts The afterlife of Agatha Christie John Rickard 5 February 2015 A new Hercule Poirot novel is a reminder of the remarkable narrative skills of his creator Books & arts The world’s largest stateless nation? Matthew Gray 5 February 2015 Books | Matthew Gray reviews an illuminating account of a diverse nationality in search of self-determination