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Books & arts Gloriously improbable India Robin Jeffrey 18 October 2013 Robin Jeffrey reviews a richly researched wake-up call from two distinguished India-watchers International A moment when everything seemed possible David G. Marr 10 October 2013 David G. Marr describes the genesis of his new book, a detailed look at a turning point in modern Vietnamese history Books & arts “Unfounded attack on Dad and Dave comedies!” Julieanne Lamond 9 October 2013 By the time Ken G. Hall filmed Dad Rudd M.P., his film-making had come to reflect international popular culture as well as Australian traditions, writes Julieanne Lamond Books & arts Talking about war R.J.B. Bosworth 4 October 2013 Wrestling with evil might have less value than exploring the interplay of humanity’s crimes, follies and tragedies, writes R.J.B. Bosworth

Books & arts Hearts, heads and pockets Frank Bongiorno 2 September 2013 It’s time for harder thinking about Labor’s strengths and weaknesses, says Frank Bongiorno Books & arts Fairfax adrift: the view from Sydney Sybil Nolan 30 August 2013 Readers and journalists are mostly missing from two recent books about the troubles at Fairfax, writes Sybil Nolan Books & arts Holding the line Kerry Brown 27 August 2013 Widely watched and highly profitable, Chinese Central TV is also in many ways dysfunctional, writes Kerry Brown Books & arts The war that isn’t going to happen Emily Crawford 25 August 2013 “Cyber war” has more in common with the war on obesity than the second world war, says Thomas Rid. Emily Crawford reviews his new book

Essays & reportage Forgotten war Henry Reynolds 25 July 2013 The looming centenary of the landing at Gallipoli is a reminder of unfinished business between settler and Indigenous Australia after a decade of incomplete reconciliation Books & arts A table, a fruit bowl and one shrivelled apple Richard Johnstone 14 July 2013 Richard Johnstone reviews Mark McShane’s Séance on a Wet Afternoon Essays & reportage What do Australians think about equality? Andrew Leigh 4 July 2013 Disagreements about acceptable levels of inequality often rest on a misunderstanding of the existing distribution of income and wealth, writes Andrew Leigh Books & arts A difficult neighbourhood John Besemeres 2 July 2013 A new account of Poland’s experience of the second world war helps fill a blank page in our historical consciousness, writes John Besemeres