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Essays & reportage William Chidley’s answer to the sex problem Frank Bongiorno 4 July 2012 Born to a free-thinking family in Melbourne around 1860, William Chidley became an energetic campaigner with some surprisingly respectable supporters, writes Frank … Books & arts The sense of islandness Ian McShane 28 June 2012 Ian McShane reviews Henry Reynolds’s new history of his home state National affairs As luck would have it John Quiggin 28 June 2012 Market liberalism has defined the past three decades, writes John Quiggin, and George Megalogenis provides a valuable guide Books & arts Retro gastronomy Dean Ashenden 28 June 2012 Dean Ashenden looks at Australians’ enthusiasm for new foods and our readiness to adapt, improvise and reinvent

Books & arts Genetic injustices Jeremy Gans 7 June 2012 DNA evidence has exonerated nearly 300 prisoners in the United States, but an Australian case highlights its potential to mislead National affairs How to win an election Brett Evans 5 June 2012 A timeless guide for politicians with a sting in the tail Books & arts Varieties of historical justice Klaus Neumann 5 June 2012 The Nuremberg trials were not typical of how the Allies dispensed justice after the second world war, writes Klaus Neumann Books & arts An outsider at war Richard Johnstone 4 June 2012 Richard Johnstone reviews Frederic Manning’s extraordinary account of the foot soldiers of the first world war

Essays & reportage Life; London; this moment of June Jill Kitson 13 April 2012 Although she undoubtedly drew on her own life, Virginia Woolf’s modernist novels are not essays about herself Books & arts What we talk about when we talk about bogans Frank Bongiorno 11 April 2012 The language of class distinctions tells us a lot about Britain and Australia, writes Frank Bongiorno Books & arts Quiet, please Jock Given 10 April 2012 Are we so impressed by the power of collaboration that we’ve come to overvalue working in groups, asks Jock Given Books & arts Cover stories Richard Johnstone 4 April 2012 Richard Johnstone on Picador’s reissue of White Noise, and its fortieth anniversary cover design