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Books & arts The Kid who wouldn’t grow up Andrew Ford 22 October 2011 Ageing pop musicians find themselves caught between expectations, writes Andrew Ford Books & arts Every good boy deserves favour Andrew Ford 5 October 2011 Musical notation is both more and less precise than writing and reading words, writes Andrew Ford Books & arts Fresh ears Andrew Ford 12 September 2011 For babies, it’s yes to Bach but no to Mozart Books & arts Looking at music Andrew Ford 10 August 2011 Increasingly people are watching rather than simply listening to recorded music, writes Andrew Ford

National affairs Arts, culture and different kinds of humbug Ben Eltham 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 The copyright cops Ben Eltham 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 The hole in their bucket Julian Thomas and Ramon Lobato 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 Squeezing blood from a turnip Julian Thomas 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