 Books & arts
      
        
      How good went bad in Afghanistan
    
    
      Tom Hyland 
    
    
      4 March 2015    
    
      Books | A new account of a long war lays bare a series of miscalculations and misunderstandings, writes Tom Hyland
      
    
  
  
          
        Books & arts
      
        
      How good went bad in Afghanistan
    
    
      Tom Hyland 
    
    
      4 March 2015    
    
      Books | A new account of a long war lays bare a series of miscalculations and misunderstandings, writes Tom Hyland    
  
                
                       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
      
    
  
  
          
        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
      
    
  
  
          
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      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 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
      
    
  
  
          
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      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
      
        
      Revolutionary Sydney
    
    
      Andrew Dodd 
    
    
      3 February 2015    
    
      Books | Three men and a city in turmoil. Andrew Dodd reviews two new books about Sydney’s formative years
      
    
  
  
          
        Books & arts
      
        
      Revolutionary Sydney
    
    
      Andrew Dodd 
    
    
      3 February 2015    
    
      Books | Three men and a city in turmoil. Andrew Dodd reviews two new books about Sydney’s formative years    
  
                
                       Essays & reportage
      
        
      Silence
    
    
      Christine Kenneally 
    
    
      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
      
    
  
  
          
        Essays & reportage
      
        
      Silence
    
    
      Christine Kenneally 
    
    
      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
      
        
      Strange and wonderful
    
    
      Susan Lever 
    
    
      29 January 2015    
    
      Books | Susan Lever reviews Michel Faber’s The Book of Strange New Things
      
    
  
  
          
        Books & arts
      
        
      Strange and wonderful
    
    
      Susan Lever 
    
    
      29 January 2015    
    
      Books | Susan Lever reviews Michel Faber’s The Book of Strange New Things    
  
                
          
          
  
    
         Books & arts
      
        
      A stylish guide to writing well
    
    
      Brian McFarlane 
    
    
      27 January 2015    
    
      Books | Steven Pinker’s latest book treads a fine line supremely well, says Brian McFarlane
      
    
  
  
          
        Books & arts
      
        
      A stylish guide to writing well
    
    
      Brian McFarlane 
    
    
      27 January 2015    
    
      Books | Steven Pinker’s latest book treads a fine line supremely well, says Brian McFarlane    
  
                
          
          
  
    
         Books & arts
      
        
      Crisis talk
    
    
      Sara Dowse 
    
    
      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
      
        
      Crisis talk
    
    
      Sara Dowse 
    
    
      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
      
        
      Strategic omissions
    
    
      Rodney Tiffen 
    
    
      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
      
        
      Strategic omissions
    
    
      Rodney Tiffen 
    
    
      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
      
        
      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
      
    
  
  
          
        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
      
    
  
  
          
        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
      
        
      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
      
        
      Orthodoxy and heresy in school reform
    
    
      Dean Ashenden 
    
    
      4 December 2014    
    
      What should we learn from US experiments, asks Dean Ashenden    
  
                   Books & arts
      
        
      Will Indonesia be great?
    
    
      Jacqui Baker 
    
    
      4 December 2014    
    
      Two new books capture the diversity of Indonesia, writes Jacqui Baker. But does something get lost in the detail?
      
    
  
  
          
        Books & arts
      
        
      Will Indonesia be great?
    
    
      Jacqui Baker 
    
    
      4 December 2014    
    
      Two new books capture the diversity of Indonesia, writes Jacqui Baker. But does something get lost in the detail?    
  
                
                       Books & arts
      
        
      The Lucky Country turns fifty
    
    
      Carl Reinecke 
    
    
      1 December 2014    
    
      The genesis of Donald Horne’s classic helps explain why it mattered
      
    
  
  
          
        Books & arts
      
        
      The Lucky Country turns fifty
    
    
      Carl Reinecke 
    
    
      1 December 2014    
    
      The genesis of Donald Horne’s classic helps explain why it mattered
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
         Books & arts
      
        
      Making the cut
    
    
      Ken Haley 
    
    
      27 November 2014    
    
      Ken Haley finds much to like in this tribute to some of the greats of Australian journalism
      
    
  
  
          
        Books & arts
      
        
      Making the cut
    
    
      Ken Haley 
    
    
      27 November 2014    
    
      Ken Haley finds much to like in this tribute to some of the greats of Australian journalism    
  
                
          
          
  
    
         Books & arts
      
        
      Places left behind
    
    
      Richard Johnstone 
    
    
      20 November 2014    
    
      Melbourne-born photographer Ashley Gilbertson has abandoned action photography for a different way of depicting warfare, writes Richard Johnstone
      
    
  
  
          
        Books & arts
      
        
      Places left behind
    
    
      Richard Johnstone 
    
    
      20 November 2014    
    
      Melbourne-born photographer Ashley Gilbertson has abandoned action photography for a different way of depicting warfare, writes Richard Johnstone     
  
                
          
          
  
    
         Books & arts
      
        
      Edging through the fog
    
    
      Graeme Dobell 
    
    
      13 November 2014    
    
      A diplomat and a psychologist have produced a remarkable guide to dealing with intransigent conflicts, writes Graeme Dobell
      
    
  
  
          
        Books & arts
      
        
      Edging through the fog
    
    
      Graeme Dobell 
    
    
      13 November 2014    
    
      A diplomat and a psychologist have produced a remarkable guide to dealing with intransigent conflicts, writes Graeme Dobell    
  
                   Books & arts
      
        
      Pregnancy: guidelines and timelines
    
    
      Jacinta Halloran 
    
    
      6 November 2014    
    
      Two accounts of getting, and being, pregnant tell only part of the story about conception and childbirth
      
    
  
  
          
        Books & arts
      
        
      Pregnancy: guidelines and timelines
    
    
      Jacinta Halloran 
    
    
      6 November 2014    
    
      Two accounts of getting, and being, pregnant tell only part of the story about conception and childbirth    
  
                
                       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
      
        
      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 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
      
        
      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
      
    
  
  
          
        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    
  
                   Books & arts
      
        
      Girl, twenty-eight
    
    
      Sophie Black 
    
    
      22 October 2014    
    
      Girls creator Lena Dunham has the knack of bottling the essence of the thing, writes Sophie Black
      
    
  
  
          
        Books & arts
      
        
      Girl, twenty-eight
    
    
      Sophie Black 
    
    
      22 October 2014    
    
      Girls creator Lena Dunham has the knack of bottling the essence of the thing, writes Sophie Black    
  
                
                       Books & arts
      
        
      “Even my darkroom is a haunted place”
    
    
      Richard Johnstone 
    
    
      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
      
        
      “Even my darkroom is a haunted place”
    
    
      Richard Johnstone 
    
    
      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
      
        
      The real Julia
    
    
      Sara Dowse 
    
    
      15 October 2014    
    
      Books | What happened to the woman who beguiled on election night 2007?
      
    
  
  
          
        Books & arts
      
        
      The real Julia
    
    
      Sara Dowse 
    
    
      15 October 2014    
    
      Books | What happened to the woman who beguiled on election night 2007?
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
         Books & arts
      
        
      The making of a great biography
    
    
      Brian McFarlane 
    
    
      23 September 2014    
    
      Jonathan Croall’s new book reveals a talented researcher and writer at work, says Brian McFarlane
      
    
  
  
          
        Books & arts
      
        
      The making of a great biography
    
    
      Brian McFarlane 
    
    
      23 September 2014    
    
      Jonathan Croall’s new book reveals a talented researcher and writer at work, says Brian McFarlane    
  
                
          
          
  
    
         Books & arts
      
        
      Imperial intimacies
    
    
      Frank Bongiorno 
    
    
      19 September 2014    
    
      Historian John Rickard recalls an Australia in which private lives occasionally teetered on the edge of scandal
      
    
  
  
          
        Books & arts
      
        
      Imperial intimacies
    
    
      Frank Bongiorno 
    
    
      19 September 2014    
    
      Historian John Rickard recalls an Australia in which private lives occasionally teetered on the edge of scandal
    
  
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