Article October 2013
Australian Street Art
Chris Johnston

As this inspiring book shows, Australian artists continue to make a significant contribution to this vibrant yet contentious art form.

Article October 2013
Neon

Walk the streets, sit in the bars and mingle with the locals of one of the most infamous and misunderstood places in Australia.

Article October 2013
Born in a Tent

Bill Garner says that the history of Australia can be told through a history of camping. 

Article October 2013
Alphabetical Sydney
Pesenti & Bell

Hilary Bell tells of the genesis of vibrant picture book Alphabetical Sydney, a collaboration with architect and illustrator Antonia Pesenti.

Article September 2013
Making Medicare

Ignoring Medicare at election time may make short-term political sense for the major political parties, but the intractable structural problem with Australia’s health insurance requires serious attention.

Article August 2013
Born to be a general surgeon

I believe that I was born to be a general surgeon. 

Article August 2013
The Beethoven Obsession

The tale of how the music of Beethoven acquired a unique Australian voice, through a series of recordings on a revolutionary, Australian-made grand piano that upended tradition and shook up the music establishment.

Article August 2013
Big Coal
Ian Dunlop

Australia’s dirtiest habit is its addiction to coal. In Big Coal, Guy Pearse, David McKnight and Bob Burton ask if our dependence on it is a road to prosperity or a dead end. Are we hooked for life? And who is profiting from our addiction? Ian Dunlop's foreword to the book, extracted here, introduces the issues.

Article July 2013
Tracing the roots of Indonesia’s jihadi movement

The author of a groundbreaking book into Indonesia’s jihadi movement reflects on his journey.

Article June 2013
Why only half of us can have it all

  Once, if a newspaper or magazine wanted to sell extra copies, it would put a banner headline 'What Do Women Want?' on the front page. These days, the attention-grabber is 'Can Women Have It All?'

Article June 2013
The whales that fought back

Moby Dick was not entirely a fictional creation. This was one of the most suprising facts ...

Article May 2013
The Artistic Legacy of L. Bernard Hall

Could a chance meeting in 1892 between Alfred Felton and the newly appointed director of the National Gallery of Victoria, a young Englishman called Bernard Hall, perhaps supply the answer to a question that has teased historians for the better part of a century?