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Books & arts “A limit to this right of overlooking” Jock Given 29 July 2011 Australians are likely to get a statutory right of privacy. Though it needs careful crafting, it’s high time Books & arts You’ve got to have friends Anna Cristina Pertierra 29 July 2011 Anna Cristina Pertierra looks at what social media tells us about communication Books & arts The ages of Gielgud 7 July 2011 Brian McFarlane reviews a perceptive biography of actor-director-manager John Gielgud Books & arts Precarious times Sara Dowse 30 June 2011 You shouldn’t have to work for free to break into the white-collar world, argues Ross Perlin in this new book. Sara Dowse agrees

From the archive Women behaving badly Jill Kitson 16 May 2011 Does Jane Austen teach us how to live? Books & arts Hell in a handcart Jill Kitson 13 May 2011 Jill Kitson on Mad Men and The Great Gatsby Books & arts Art in internment Glenn Nicholls 12 May 2011 Deported after the first world war, Paul Dubotzki had created a remarkable record of life as an internee, writes Glenn Nicholls Books & arts Guilty pleasure Brett Evans 11 May 2011 West African countries supply two-thirds of the world’s chocolate, but spreading the benefits might take more than Quaker capitalism or Fairtrade, writes Brett Evans

Essays & reportage Iraq 2003: what the leaders say, and what they leave out Hans Blix 23 March 2011 The former UN weapons inspector casts a critical eye over the political memoirs of Tony Blair, John Howard and George W. Bush Books & arts Oil and water Matthew Gray 23 March 2011 An important new book helps explain why Saudi Arabia is unlikely to experience the same upheavals as some of its neighbours, writes Matthew Gray Books & arts Artist or documenter? Terry Lane 24 February 2011 Terry Lane on the career and life of one of America’s great photographers, Berenice Abbott From the archive Lucking into the zeitgeist Iain Topliss 17 February 2011 Jules Feiffer, the cartoonist who made anxiety funny