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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 National affairs Notes from a low-key governor-generalship Paul Rodan 17 October 2012 Are the intriguing revelations from the notebooks of Paul Hasluck part of a larger trove, asks Paul Rodan

Essays & reportage “Sitting on a tractor, reading a book” Bill Gammage & Ken Inglis 28 February 2012 Ken Inglis and Bill Gammage pay tribute to the distinguished historian, and occasional Inside Story contributor, Hank Nelson, who died earlier this month On Green Lotus Street Duncan Hewitt 1 February 2012 Shanghai doesn’t understand the appeal of its oldest precinct, writes Duncan Hewitt Essays & reportage The British ensign Henry Reynolds 24 January 2012 Australia’s attachment to a flag with the Union Jack in the top corner puts it in odd company The smoke this time David Hayes 1 November 2011 An encampment around St Paul’s Cathedral in London casts a new light on this icon of British wartime defiance. But the epic days of the 1940s may have something to teach the…

Essays & reportage On reading Mark McKenna’s biography of Manning Clark Nicholas Gruen 25 August 2011 Manning Clark went on a grand quest, writes Nicholas Gruen. But perhaps it was the journey rather than the arrival that mattered Books & arts Moralising the colonial past Tim Rowse 23 June 2011 Let’s allow our history to be complicated, argues Tim Rowse in this review of two new books about black–white relations National affairs Making war Brian Toohey 9 June 2011 Australians have as little idea about why we are fighting in Afghanistan as they had about why we entered the first world war, writes Brian Toohey Ah, the olden days! Frank Bongiorno 5 June 2011 Another history war under another conservative government. Frank Bongiorno reports from London