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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 Essays & reportage Billy Griffiths 22 October 2014 Gough Whitlam’s visit to China in 1971 was a turning point in relations between the two countries. But luck also played a part in this audacious mission Essays & reportage Lyndall Ryan 13 October 2014 Expelled from the Communist Party for not toeing the line, Lyndall Ryan's parents were faced with a dilemma when Robert Menzies’s government tried to ban the party
Essays & reportage Klaus Neumann 1 October 2014 The treatment of boat arrivals during the 1977 federal election campaign shows that political orthodoxy doesn’t always prevail, writes Klaus Neumann
National affairs Henry Reynolds 25 September 2014 The militarisation of Australia’s history has begun to reflect back on the present and change our political practice, argues Henry Reynolds Books & arts Frank Bongiorno 19 September 2014 Historian John Rickard recalls an Australia in which private lives occasionally teetered on the edge of scandal Essays & reportage Klaus Neumann 19 September 2014 Twenty years ago today, the bustling port town of Rabaul was all but destroyed in an eruption that was remarkable in more ways than one Books & arts Stuart Macintyre 19 September 2014 Stuart Macintyre reviews a new biography of the titan of Australian newspaper proprietors, David Syme