Books & arts
12 November 2022
Two new books show what Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam war left in its wake
Books & arts
10 November 2022
Australian historian Alison Bashford illuminates the Huxleys’ rich intellectual ecosystem
Books & arts
10 November 2022
The stories we tell ourselves about our mental distress can have unexpected effects
Books & arts
9 November 2022
Harmony and hostility exist side by side in the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network
Books & arts
8 November 2022
Despite her prejudices and shortcomings, something pulls us back to the bestselling crime writer of all
Books & arts
8 November 2022
Alan Atkinson wants to rescue John and Elizabeth Macarthur from the judgements of history
Books & arts
4 November 2022
Frank Bongiorno’s new political history of Australia is as much about the spectators as the players
From the archive
4 November 2022
In this extract from Wandering with Intent, winner of this year’s Age Non-fiction Book of the Year award, Kim Mahood heads northwest on the Tanami Road
Books & arts
2 November 2022
A new biography of Rupert Murdoch’s successor throws indirect light on why he is suing Crikey
Books & arts
1 November 2022
Hired young by Keith Murdoch, Michael Cannon made his name as a journalistic roustabout and gifted historian
Books & arts
24 October 2022
Sumeyya Ilanbey has written a tough but fair-minded account of the high-handed premier
Books & arts
21 October 2022
Is technology endangering the doctor–patient relationship?
Books & arts
20 October 2022
Did Beijing set out to mislead the West about its intentions — and did it succeed?
From the archive
18 October 2022
With rigorous science and inspired humanism, archaeologist Mike Smith — who died this week — imagined the other side of the frontier
Books & arts
13 October 2022
How does a firm labelled “the greatest legitimiser of mass layoffs… in modern history” continue to sail tranquilly above the fray?
Books & arts
13 October 2022
Two new books explore the territory between polyamory’s utopian history and its practice today
Books & arts
13 October 2022
Governments haven’t caught up with the fact that the economy has changed forever
Books & arts
11 October 2022
Kath Kenny’s intergenerational account of a key moment in Australian theatre
Books & arts
4 October 2022
Joseph Roth’s restless journeying produced an idiosyncratic depiction of central Europe in the twenties and thirties
Books & arts
3 October 2022
Two daughters profile a controversial father and an enigmatic mother against the backdrop of the growing bush capital
Books & arts
30 September 2022
A biography of two very different editors illuminates literary life in postwar Australia
From the archive
28 September 2022
What explains the Belgian novelist’s enduring popularity?
Books & arts
27 September 2022
Does sport have anything to teach Australian schools?
Books & arts
26 September 2022
In Black Lives, White Law, Russell Marks points towards a more hopeful future
Books & arts
21 September 2022
The global financial crisis dramatically changed the role of central banks — and then the pandemic came along
Books & arts
16 September 2022
Is it any surprise that we cling to old rituals and invent new ones?
Books & arts
12 September 2022
Have Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens mistaken a symptom for the cause?
Books & arts
5 September 2022
Does bowing out involve a kind of “self-discipline normally associated with persistence”?
From the archive
4 September 2022
Harold Holt’s attraction to danger gives his death an air of inevitability
Books & arts
4 September 2022
Both Britain and Australia need to overcome a curious amnesia about their dealings with China