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Essays & reportage Stuart Macintyre 12 August 2015 Extract | Seventy years ago this week, prime minister Ben Chifley announced that the war in the Pacific was over. Planning for peace was already well under way, writes…
Essays & reportage Robin Derricourt 10 August 2015 In the face of expert opposition, scientist Grafton Elliot Smith promoted the theory that ancient Egypt was the source of almost every major innovation. It was a campaign that… Essays & reportage Tom Griffiths 24 July 2015 Tom Griffiths welcomes a profound exploration of intergenerational memory National affairs Norman Abjorensen 6 July 2015 It’s not just Labor that suffers from the inordinate influence of a NSW right wing, writes Norman Abjorensen Books & arts Hannah Forsyth 15 June 2015 Books | Stuart Macintyre’s history of Australia in the 1940s is a big book in the best sense
David Hayes 5 June 2015 After eight centuries the revered document of liberty still grips the political imagination, says David Hayes in London
Books & arts Beverley Kingston 28 May 2015 Books | A new account of the boom in family history, and the insights it has revealed, informs in unexpected ways, writes Beverley Kingston Essays & reportage Alan Fewster 25 May 2015 ASIO’s ambivalence about Manning Clark might not have incited a diplomatic training incident, but Clark’s response was uncompromising Books & arts Maria Nugent 8 May 2015 The British Museum’s Indigenous Australia exhibition could change the conversation about relations between Indigenous people, museums and collections Books & arts Jane Goodall 5 May 2015 Television | Jane Goodall reviews the BBC’s Wolf Hall
Essays & reportage Amirah Inglis 5 May 2015 This extract from her award-winning memoir opens as Amirah Inglis and her mother arrive in Melbourne from Europe in 1929
Essays & reportage Ken Inglis 24 April 2015 In April 1965 Ken Inglis travelled to Gallipoli with 300 Anzac pilgrims and filed seven reports along the way for the Canberra Times. Here he introduces two of those despatches Essays & reportage Klaus Neumann 20 April 2015 Greece wants war reparations and loan repayments from Germany, writes Klaus Neumann. The idea isn’t as far-fetched as it might sound Summer season Jeannine Baker 15 April 2015 Women reporters showed they could report alongside men during the second world war Books & arts Richard Johnstone 13 April 2015 Photography | A new exhibition makes illuminating connections across Australian photographic history, writes Richard Johnstone
Books & arts Brian McFarlane 1 April 2015 Vera Brittain’s Testament of Youth, now in its second screen version, recounts a remarkable life amid the upheavals of a century ago, writes Brian McFarlane
Books & arts Beverley Kingston 30 March 2015 Books | Two new books highlight how Australian universities have changed in recent decades, writes Beverley Kingston Essays & reportage Chris Lydgate 27 March 2015 For a decade and a half, Lee Kuan Yew’s People’s Action Party had held every seat in the Singapore parliament, writes Chris Lydgate. Then the maverick lawyer… Books & arts David Stephens 25 March 2015 Books | The self-described “storian” sells himself short in Gallipoli, writes David Stephens International David Hayes 10 March 2015 The firebombing of March 1945 lives on the margins of public remembrance
Essays & reportage Janna Thompson 23 February 2015 As the hundredth anniversary of the Armenian genocide approaches, Janna Thompson considers the nature of the crime
Books & arts Andrew Dodd 3 February 2015 Books | Three men and a city in turmoil. Andrew Dodd reviews two new books about Sydney’s formative years National affairs Norman Abjorensen 3 February 2015 Australia’s conservative parties have always struggled to balance their priorities with the need for broader electoral appeal, writes Norman Abjorensen.… Books & arts Rodney Tiffen 8 January 2015 Books | John Howard’s view of the Menzies years is partial in important respects, but he offers a valuable perspective on an important period Books & arts Susan Lever 8 January 2015 Television | With a third season of Masters of Sex screening this year, Susan Lever charts the highs and lows of a TV drama inspired by real events
Books & arts Carl Reinecke 1 December 2014 The genesis of Donald Horne’s classic helps explain why it mattered
International John Besemeres 20 November 2014 The Russian president’s broad support at home reflects a radically different perception of events since the fall of the Berlin Wall, writes John Besemeres Books & arts Richard Johnstone 20 November 2014 Melbourne-born photographer Ashley Gilbertson has abandoned action photography for a different way of depicting warfare, writes Richard Johnstone Books & arts Jack Waterford 31 October 2014 David Horner’s history of ASIO is a reminder of how “the Case” influenced ASIO for generations, writes Jack Waterford   Books & arts Judith Brett 27 October 2014 Dick Hamer’s election as Victorian Liberal leader was a seachange in the state’s politics and culture, writes Judith Brett