Essays & reportage
24 June 2015
Dean Ashenden takes on the sixties, GERM, and the world’s best-known educational revolutionary
Books & arts
15 June 2015
Books | Whitney Phillips set out to discover what motivates online trolls. She found part of the answer in mainstream culture, writes Emily van der Nagel
Books & arts
15 June 2015
Books | Stuart Macintyre’s history of Australia in the 1940s is a big book in the best sense
Books & arts
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
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
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
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…
National affairs
28 May 2015
There’s no such thing as “us” and “them,” writes Andrew Leigh. A good social safety net is there for all of us
Books & arts
28 May 2015
Books | A new account of the boom in family history, and the insights it has revealed, informs in unexpected ways, writes Beverley Kingston
Books & arts
25 May 2015
Books | David Thomson’s exploration of acting is never less than gripping, writes Brian McFarlane. But his implied question never quite gets answered
Books & arts
21 May 2015
Cinema | Sylvia Lawson on Canberra’s last Electric Shadow, George Brandis and the Australia Council, and Testament of Youth and X+Y
Books & arts
19 May 2015
Books | Martin Edmond’s dual biography of Rex Battarbee and Albert Namatjira illuminates a remarkable friendship, writes Eleanor Hogan
Books & arts
15 May 2015
Books | A new biography captures Thea Astley’s idiosyncrasies and contradictions, and the qualities of her fiction, writes Susan Lever
Books & arts
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
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
20 April 2015
Books | Sara Dowse reviews the autobiography of the former Queensland premier
Books & arts
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
Books & arts
30 March 2015
Books | Two new books highlight how Australian universities have changed in recent decades, writes Beverley Kingston
Books & arts
25 March 2015
Books | The self-described “storian” sells himself short in Gallipoli, writes David Stephens
Books & arts
21 March 2015
Books | Internet critic Andrew Keen might be the man for the times, but his new book fails to convince Ramon Lobato
Books & arts
12 March 2015
Books | Susan Lever reviews James Bradley’s new novel about a future reshaped by a changing climate
Books & arts
12 March 2015
Books | Feel like a tourist in the land of finance? Tom Westland reviews John Lanchester’s visitor’s guide
Books & arts
4 March 2015
Books | A new account of a long war lays bare a series of miscalculations and misunderstandings, writes Tom Hyland
Essays & reportage
23 February 2015
As the hundredth anniversary of the Armenian genocide approaches, Janna Thompson considers the nature of the crime
Books & arts
12 February 2015
Books | An American polemic about Chinese schools and OECD league tables exposes problems closer to home, argues Dean Ashenden
Books & arts
5 February 2015
A new Hercule Poirot novel is a reminder of the remarkable narrative skills of his creator
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