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Essays & reportage The 1967 referendum: inspiration or burden? Tim Rowse 27 May 2021 The overwhelming Yes vote still grips our imagination Books & arts “Better to lose Australia” Mark Edele 25 May 2021 Sean McMeekin’s new account of Stalin’s war will suit Vladimir Putin very well From the archive Becoming Taiwanese Klaus Neumann 18 May 2021 Memories and identities have proved surprisingly adaptable in a society forged by migration Books & arts All quiet about the Western Front Margaret Hutchison 17 May 2021 Why did Australians forget the battles of 1917?

Books & arts Balkan polyphony Sara Dowse 16 April 2021 Books | The region that gave the world the word “balkanised” proves a fascinating setting for a travel book with a difference Books & arts A style we could call our own? Gary Werskey 12 April 2021 It’s time for a new conversation about Australian impressionism Essays & reportage Was Bob Askin corrupt? Mike Steketee 9 April 2021 With a new book reopening the debate about the one-time NSW premier’s behaviour in office, our correspondent assesses the evidence National affairs Invisible arrivals Stuart Macintyre 1 April 2021 The national identities ascribed to Australia’s postwar migrants masked a striking diversity of backgrounds and attitudes

National affairs Drawing history into the present Harry Hobbs 16 March 2021 Victoria takes up the challenge of truth-telling From the archive Held captive by cold war politics Hamish McDonald 5 March 2021 More than forty years later, lawyers are using evidence of an ASIO cover-up to clear the names of the Croatian Six Books & arts Crossing the war-reporting lines Sara Dowse 5 March 2021 Books | Three exceptional women breached a male bastion of journalism during the Vietnam war From the archive But how liberal was he? Stuart Macintyre 4 March 2021 David Kemp’s multi-volume history of Australian liberalism continues into the Menzies era