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Books & arts Michael Cannon 18 November 2015 A new biography reveals a complex and contentious figure
Books & arts Jane Goodall 13 November 2015 Television | What kind of species are we? A night in front of the TV had some answers, writes Jane Goodall International Matthew Gray 17 September 2015 The crisis in Syria could easily worsen, writes Matthew Gray, but that doesn’t necessarily mean Islamic State is in the ascendant David Hayes 8 September 2015 An influx of neighbours is testing Europe’s unity and values, and Britain’s instinct for semi-detachment, writes David Hayes in London International Carolyn S. Stevens and Tessa Morris-Suzuki 13 August 2015 If “normalisation” becomes Japan’s new national narrative, it will undermine the hopeful story that has been told since 1945, write Carolyn S. Stevens…
Essays & reportage Stuart Macintyre 12 August 2015 Extract | Seventy years ago this week, prime minister Ben Chifley announced that the war in the Pacific was over. Planning for peace was already well under way, writes…
Books & arts Hannah Forsyth 15 June 2015 Books | Stuart Macintyre’s history of Australia in the 1940s is a big book in the best sense Essays & reportage Klaus Neumann 12 June 2015 The low-key public debate over the arrival of European refugees in the late 1930s contrasts dramatically with the outcry when Jewish Holocaust survivors arrived nearly a decade… Essays & reportage Ken Inglis 24 April 2015 In April 1965 Ken Inglis travelled to Gallipoli with 300 Anzac pilgrims and filed seven reports along the way for the Canberra Times. Here he introduces two of those despatches National affairs Nic Maclellan 23 April 2015 More French soldiers died at Gallipoli than Australians, writes Nic Maclellan, and many of the allied troops were African and Indian
Summer season Jeannine Baker 15 April 2015 Women reporters showed they could report alongside men during the second world war
Books & arts David Stephens 25 March 2015 Books | The self-described “storian” sells himself short in Gallipoli, writes David Stephens International John Besemeres 23 March 2015 Superficially, the Minsk Two agreement promises much. But, asks John Besemeres, can its European signatories counter Vladimir Putin’s long-run campaign to… International David Hayes 10 March 2015 The firebombing of March 1945 lives on the margins of public remembrance Books & arts Tom Hyland 4 March 2015 Books | A new account of a long war lays bare a series of miscalculations and misunderstandings, writes Tom Hyland
Books & arts Richard Johnstone 23 February 2015 Photography | Unlike conventional war photography, aftermath photographs record consequences and allow us to explore the significance of what’s depicted, writes…
Books & arts Richard Johnstone 20 November 2014 Melbourne-born photographer Ashley Gilbertson has abandoned action photography for a different way of depicting warfare, writes Richard Johnstone Books & arts Graeme Dobell 13 November 2014 A diplomat and a psychologist have produced a remarkable guide to dealing with intransigent conflicts, writes Graeme Dobell Books & arts Richard Johnstone 8 November 2014 From the archive | Remember Me: The Lost Diggers of Vignacourt is on show in Sydney until 15 January 2015. Richard Johnstone reviewed its Canberra run… International Daniel Nethery 5 November 2014 Exhibitions across Europe show that national histories continue to shape the telling of the first world war, writes Daniel Nethery
International Sophie Rigney 22 October 2014 Three controversial judgements have highlighted the challenges facing the International Criminal Court as it prepares to move to its permanent home, writes Sophie Rigney
Books & arts Richard Johnstone 20 October 2014 Although he is best known as a war photographer, Don McCullin has aimed to do much more than record his own adventures, writes Richard Johnstone Books & arts Andrew Ford 13 October 2014 Andrew Ford considers breaking the habit of a lifetime International John Quiggin 6 October 2014 When a militarily powerful country tries to govern the affairs of millions of people on the other side of the planet, we shouldn’t be surprised that chaos results, writes… National affairs Henry Reynolds 25 September 2014 The militarisation of Australia’s history has begun to reflect back on the present and change our political practice, argues Henry Reynolds
Essays & reportage Adam Nicol 15 August 2014 W.E. Johns’s failure to adapt to the postwar era left Biggles a shadow of his wartime self, writes Adam Nicol
Books & arts Andreas Wirsching 5 August 2014 An Australian historian’s reappraisal of the origins of the first world war has provoked enormous interest in Germany, writes Andreas Wirsching. But the debate… Books & arts Jane Goodall 29 July 2014 The centenary of the first world war has begun, writes Jane Goodall, but Australia’s public broadcasters are still feeling their way Books & arts Graeme Dobell 25 July 2014 A contest is under way, writes Graeme Dobell, but it will be more like a nineteenth-century battle than a twentieth-century clash David Hayes 17 July 2014 The centenary of the 1914–18 war reveals Britain to be a country of permanent involution, says David Hayes