Books & arts
15 March 2011
How do you compose for a brass band? Andrew Ford went to Yorkshire to find out
Essays & reportage
20 January 2011
Robert Milliken recounts the fraught relationship between two Australian women who made enormous contributions to the international literature of the counterculture
Books & arts
13 December 2010
Andrew Ford reviews Stephen Sondheim’s autobiographical masterclass in lyric-writing
National affairs
29 July 2010
Culture and the arts have not featured prominently in this year’s election campaign. That’s a shame, writes Ben Eltham, because we badly need to debate…
Books & arts
15 July 2010
When it comes to the prices they pay for copyrighted music, Australian consumers are being stung everywhere from the gym to the pub, writes Ben Eltham
Essays & reportage
11 February 2010
Media companies’ campaign against internet piracy suffered a major setback last week when a federal court judgement let internet service providers off the hook for their…
International
6 July 2009
A pyrrhic victory for the American recording industry shows that fast broadband and new applications demand a rethink of the law, writes Julian Thomas
Books & arts
2 April 2009
The sources of Andrew Ford’s compositions are as varied as his guests each Saturday on The Music Show, writes Gordon Kerry in this extract from his new book
Books & arts
5 February 2009
Like his trio music, Keith Jarrett’s solo concerts draw on enduring music forms, writes Andrew Ford