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Books & arts 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 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 Frank Bowden 17 December 2014 Atul Gawande has written an important book about the limits of medicine Books & arts 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 Dean Ashenden 4 December 2014 What should we learn from US experiments, asks Dean Ashenden
Books & arts 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 Carl Reinecke 1 December 2014 The genesis of Donald Horne’s classic helps explain why it mattered Books & arts Ken Haley 27 November 2014 Ken Haley finds much to like in this tribute to some of the greats of Australian journalism Books & arts 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 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 Jacinta Halloran 6 November 2014 Two accounts of getting, and being, pregnant tell only part of the story about conception and childbirth
Books & arts 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 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 Ken Haley 31 October 2014 As much catharsis as history, Gareth Evans’s diaries are a compelling insider account, writes Ken Haley Books & arts 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 Sophie Black 22 October 2014 Girls creator Lena Dunham has the knack of bottling the essence of the thing, writes Sophie Black
Books & arts 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 Sara Dowse 15 October 2014 Books | What happened to the woman who beguiled on election night 2007? Books & arts Brian McFarlane 23 September 2014 Jonathan Croall’s new book reveals a talented researcher and writer at work, says Brian McFarlane Books & arts Frank Bongiorno 19 September 2014 Historian John Rickard recalls an Australia in which private lives occasionally teetered on the edge of scandal
National affairs Stephen Mills 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 Stuart Macintyre 19 September 2014 Stuart Macintyre reviews a new biography of the titan of Australian newspaper proprietors, David Syme Books & arts Bill Hannan 11 September 2014 There is a solution to the plight of pariah schools Books & arts Angela Daly 11 September 2014 Angela Daly reviews Robert Crawford’s tale of two cities Books & arts Brett Evans 5 September 2014 Three new political biographies reveal the strengths and weaknesses of the genre
Essays & reportage R.J.B. Bosworth 27 August 2014 Duplicitous, pure, dream-like, artificial, psychopathic, unpredictable? Beneath the overheated commentary about Venice, there’s a real city, writes R.J.B. Bosworth
Books & arts Susan Lever 27 August 2014 Susan Lever welcomes Helen Garner’s perceptive account of the courtroom dramas unleashed one Father’s Day near Geelong Essays & reportage Adam Nicol 15 August 2014 W.E. Johns’s failure to adapt to the postwar era left Biggles a shadow of his wartime self, writes Adam Nicol Summer season Janna Thompson 12 August 2014 Does Christianity’s “original sin” help us understand Western culture in the twenty-first century? Books & arts Ken Haley 7 August 2014 Ben Hills offers a distinctive take on what went wrong for Fairfax, writes Ken Haley