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Books & arts Looking at ourselves in Pompeii’s mirror Frank Sear 18 June 2013 What explains our fascination with the buried Neapolitan town? Books & arts Israel’s shifting moorings Sara Dowse 13 June 2013 Sara Dowse reviews two books that deal, in different ways, with the future of Israel Books & arts Divining the jury Jeremy Gans 11 June 2013 Juries are confused, but Australian courts don’t seem interested in understanding why Books & arts The best non-famous writer of his generation Richard Johnstone 7 June 2013 Richard Johnstone reviews Norman Lewis’s memoir of life in a small Spanish village in the late 1940s and early 50s

Books & arts The adaptive eye Brian McFarlane 2 May 2013 The boldest translations of book to film usually make for the best cinema, argues Brian McFarlane Books & arts The limits of empire Henry Reynolds 2 May 2013 Henry Reynolds reviews a new account of exploration on two continents Books & arts A larger purpose, a larger sense of self Janine Burke 28 April 2013 Janine Burke on the lives of two painters whose travels shaped their lives and their art Books & arts The rally-car driver and the one-time dentist Duncan Hewitt 28 April 2013 Duncan Hewitt reviews two witty new books about China’s faultlines and prospects

Books & arts Why don’t we design better suburbs? Peter Spearritt 26 February 2013 Peter Spearritt reviews a new book about the heyday of innovative and egalitarian housing in Australia Books & arts Fletch, Muscles and the Rocket Jock Given 26 February 2013 Books | Three players, three hard slogs. Jock Given on the golden age of Australian tennis Books & arts The humility of local consciousness Jane Goodall 13 February 2013 Could thinking globally be a kind of cognitive intoxication, asks Jane Goodall Books & arts Richer, more contentious, more powerful and more confusing Kerry Brown 13 February 2013 China is changing fast but its greatest challenges remain the same. And at the centre is the blackest of black boxes, writes Kerry Brown