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Essays & reportage Frank Sear 18 November 2010 Despite the best efforts of its overseers, two and a half centuries of excavation have left Pompeii vulnerable to weather and human activity, writes Frank Sear
International John Besemeres 15 November 2010 The fall of the Berlin Wall was the iconic event in the unravelling of European communism. But it might not have happened without the strikes across Poland eight years earlier,… Books & arts Jill Kitson 27 October 2010 Best known as Samuel Johnson’s confidante, Hester Thrale was also a prolific and fearless writer Frank Bongiorno 29 September 2010 In London, Frank Bongiorno ponders the life of a highly productive expatriate who eventually returned to Australia, and those who have followed him National affairs Rodney Tiffen 23 August 2010 Old political records keep being broken by the participants in this extraordinary election, writes Rodney Tiffen
Essays & reportage Klaus Neumann 20 August 2010 The parties are making promises like there’s no tomorrow and policy like there’s no yesterday, writes Klaus Neumann
National affairs Norman Abjorensen 18 August 2010 Australian governments tend to take a hit at their first bid for re-election, writes Norman Abjorensen. But it’s not clear why Essays & reportage Jock Given 12 August 2010 The Coalition thinks wireless is the answer for Australian broadband. Jock Given remembers an earlier moment when wires-without-wires had their day. Essays & reportage Gillian Cowlishaw 7 July 2010 The law seemed to fail Boonie Hilt, a thirty-six year old Aboriginal man, but there were small victories along the way Summer season Dean Ashenden 10 June 2010 The remarkable collaboration of anthropologists Baldwin Spencer and Frank Gillen, “bearers, shapers and captives of the Australian conscience”
Essays & reportage Rodney Tiffen 3 June 2010 Sydney’s media moguls took off the gloves on a winter’s night in 1960 – and the Packers lost
Essays & reportage Maria Tumarkin 7 May 2010 In this extract from her new book, Maria Tumarkin recounts the events that unfolded after news of war reached the Ukrainian village of Dubovyazovka From the archive Dean Ashenden 15 March 2010 Keith Windschuttle brings the temperament of a barrister to his latest subject, the stolen generations Books & arts Maria Nugent & Shino Konishi 4 December 2009 The convenors of the “Baz Luhrmann’s Australia Reviewed” conference look at the film’s engagement with Indigenous history Essays & reportage Richard Evans 19 October 2009 Australia’s disastrous showing at the Montreal Olympics ushered in a grim – and very expensive – culture of “excellence,” argues Richard Evans
Books & arts John Hughes 22 September 2009 Filmmaker John Hughes responds to Ruth Balint’s essay on history and television
Essays & reportage Ruth Balint 30 July 2009 History on Australian television doesn’t reflect what historians really know about the past, and the fault is on both sides, writes Ruth Balint Essays & reportage Dean Ashenden 2 June 2009 For three decades the Australian War Memorial has been the focus of a struggle between two ways of knowing the past, writes Dean Ashenden Books & arts Ian McShane 18 May 2009 What role should local museums have in remembering events like the Victorian bushfires, asks Ian McShane Essays & reportage Ruth Balint 29 April 2009 The Zentai extradition case reveals much about the postwar history of two very different countries
National affairs Geoffrey Barker 27 April 2009 We need to reconsider the importance of Anzac Day, writes Geoffrey Barker
Books & arts Klaus Neumann 15 April 2009 Lauded overseas, The Baader Meinhof Complex is a flawed account of an important part of modern German history, writes Klaus Neumann Books & arts Klaus Neumann 17 March 2009 Part of the international success of Bernard Schlink’s novel, The Reader, reflects a mistaken view of contemporary Germany, writes Klaus Neumann Podcasts Peter Clarke 13 March 2009 Understanding the inevitability of devastating fires is essential for local communities and policy makers, historian Tom Griffiths tells Peter Clarke Books & arts Ellie Rennie 27 February 2009 Ellie Rennie reviews First Australians on DVD
National affairs Cameron Reynes 25 February 2009 The South Australian government is denying access to key documents about the illegal removal of Aboriginal children, writes Cameron Raynes
Retrospective Tom Griffiths 16 February 2009 Testimony from the 1939 and 2009 fires reveals what we haven’t learnt from history Essays & reportage Gillian Cowlishaw 13 February 2009 Annette’s story is not just another addition to Australia’s “stolen generation” narrative, writes Gillian Cowlishaw From the archive Shino Konishi 29 January 2009 The anthropologist’s visit to Tasmania in 1802 is a revealing story of love gone wrong Essays & reportage Sylvia Lawson 6 January 2009 We are constantly delivered a double miracle: Aboriginal survival, and the Aboriginal will to forgive us all and share it, writes Sylvia Lawson