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Books & arts The very heart of history Frank Bongiorno 15 November 2013 Three biographies reveal twentieth-century Australians in the thick of things, writes Frank Bongiorno Essays & reportage History, heritage and the ageing dictator R.J.B. Bosworth 31 October 2013 Uzbekistan is still writing and rewriting its own history, reports a recently returned R.J.B. Bosworth International A moment when everything seemed possible David G. Marr 10 October 2013 David G. Marr describes the genesis of his new book, a detailed look at a turning point in modern Vietnamese history Books & arts The man who volunteered for Auschwitz John Besemeres 3 October 2013 John Besemeres reviews a remarkable book and recounts the career of its equally remarkable author

Books & arts The limits of empire Henry Reynolds 2 May 2013 Henry Reynolds reviews a new account of exploration on two continents Books & arts Such a bloody wonderful place Sylvia Lawson 28 April 2013 Sylvia Lawson reviews John Hughes’s documentary about the poet Judith Wright, and Pablo Larraín’s No Ken Loach’s dreamland David Hayes 28 April 2013 The renowned director’s new film, which uses the socialist mood of 1945 to assail the world Margaret Thatcher created, is bad history and worse politics, says David Hayes Books & arts The rally-car driver and the one-time dentist Duncan Hewitt 28 April 2013 Duncan Hewitt reviews two witty new books about China’s faultlines and prospects

From the archive The right kind of middle class? Frank Bongiorno 19 December 2012 What happened when journalist Peter Coleman assembled a star-studded group of writers in 1962 to rethink the way intellectuals viewed Australia? Britain’s economic tunnel David Hayes 3 December 2012 An endless recession has changed politics and livelihoods. But in a many-sided national argument there is no consensus about its lessons, says David Hayes Essays & reportage It was time: Mick Young’s triumph Stephen Mills 29 November 2012 Not only was the 1972 election a watershed for Labor, it also created the modern political campaign National affairs A certain curiosity Norman Abjorensen 28 October 2012 Two key figures in the postwar development of the Labor Party never met, writes Norman Abjorensen