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Books & arts Whom the gods wish to destroy… Ken Haley 7 August 2014 Ben Hills offers a distinctive take on what went wrong for Fairfax, writes Ken Haley Books & arts Alzheimer unease David Le Couteur 28 July 2014 Why do so many dementia researchers hold to a single theory so fervently? An unsettling new book throws light on entrenched beliefs, writes David Le Couteur Books & arts Almost migrants Peter Mares 28 July 2014 New visa arrangements make it possible for international students to study and work in Australia for many years without necessarily being on a path to permanent residency, writes… Books & arts China wakes, Asia quakes, Australia shivers Graeme Dobell 25 July 2014 A contest is under way, writes Graeme Dobell, but it will be more like a nineteenth-century battle than a twentieth-century clash

Books & arts Letting us in on her secret Sara Dowse 12 June 2014 Books | Best known for her undercover exposé Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich ventures into entirely different territory in her new book, writes Sara Dowse Books & arts Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you Emily Crawford 6 June 2014 Emily Crawford reviews Glenn Greenwald’s account of the Snowden affair Books & arts Labor’s history wars roll on Stephen Mills 4 June 2014 Paralysed leader or bad advice? Stephen Mills reviews a new account of the Rudd–Gillard government and what it says about the party’s future Books & arts The lack of men, the lack of reinforcement, the lack of munitions Mark Baker 3 June 2014 Phillip Schuler’s dispatches from Gallipoli captured the horror and the heroism for Australian readers, writes Mark Baker

Books & arts Seduction or safety? Matthew Ricketson 5 May 2014 Writer Joe McGinniss, who died in March, became a lightning rod for criticism of the way journalists deal with their sources, writes Matthew Ricketson Books & arts In the frontline of the war against boredom Andrew Dodd 24 April 2014 Andrew Dodd reviews Bob Carr’s absorbing and occasionally disturbing account of eighteen months as foreign minister Essays & reportage The remarkable persistence of power and privilege Andrew Leigh 18 April 2014 A new study finds social status rippling across the centuries Books & arts Is Iraq lost? Matthew Gray 15 April 2014 Amid deepening divisions and political corruption, northern Iraq is one glimmer of hope in this unstable country, writes Matthew Gray