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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

Books & arts A writer on the reader’s side Brian McFarlane 20 December 2014 Books | Brian McFarlane finds a collection of essays by Tim Parks about books and writing well worth finishing From the archive What matters in the end Frank Bowden 17 December 2014 Atul Gawande has written an important book about the limits of medicine Books & arts Gatsby goes to China John Fitzgerald 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 Orthodoxy and heresy in school reform Dean Ashenden 4 December 2014 What should we learn from US experiments, asks Dean Ashenden

Books & arts Buying and selling healthcare Lesley Russell 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 The contradictions of liberal multiculturalism Janna Thompson 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 The senator unplugged Ken Haley 31 October 2014 As much catharsis as history, Gareth Evans’s diaries are a compelling insider account, writes Ken Haley Books & arts How Hamer made it happen Judith Brett 27 October 2014 Dick Hamer’s election as Victorian Liberal leader was a seachange in the state’s politics and culture, writes Judith Brett