The Monthly, May 2007, No. 23 | The Monthly

The Monthly, May 2007, No. 23

In This Issue

May 2007 in brief

The Nation Reviewed

by Judith Brett

The Beast of Beethoven

by Anna Goldsworthy

by Gideon Haigh

by Richard Cooke

The Monthly Essays

by Richard Flanagan

From Frogmore, Victoria

by Helen Garner

Arts & Letters

Too Big for the Bathroom Shelf

by Peter Conrad

He Would Have Disappeared Years Ago

by Peter Jensen

Bryan Looks Back

by Robert Forster

‘Australian Impressionism’, Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia

by Justin Clemens

‘The Cleft’ By Doris Lessing

by Chris Womersley

Encounters

Harry Chauvel & TE Lawrence

by Shane Maloney

Correspondence

Senator Eric Abetz

miscellaneous

Site Highlights

Divided We Fall

Comment: Address to the US President

All About Cory

Angry Boys

Hot This Week

Recommended

POLITICS: Human Rights (186); Racism (92); Feminism (88); Australian Politics (88); Robert Manne (67); Obama (56); Islam (52); American Politics (47); Censorship (44); Multiculturalism (39); Consumerism (36); Pokies (30); Stolen Generations (28); Childcare (26); Freedom of Speech (26); Prime Ministers (20); Political Parties (19); Social Justice (18); History of Australia (18); Liberalism (18); Waleed Aly (17); Germaine Greer (17); Gay Marriage (16)

SOCIETY: Australian History (108); Travel (98); Ethics (68); Asylum Seekers (56); Lawyers (52); Gender (51); Neuroscience (50); Capitalism (45); Anthropology (45); Sexuality (45); Aboriginal People (41); Australian Society (30); Facebook (30); Scholars (29); Clive Hamilton (23); Muslim (23); Homosexuality (22); Decision-making (22); Sociology (22); Alice Springs (21); Gambling (21); Historians (20); State Library of Victoria (18); Neuropsychology (16)

CULTURE: Theatre (160); Literature (145); Fiction (138); Hollywood (108); Memoir (106); Arts (87); Biography (86); Photography (80); Painting (79); Humour (76); Library (64); Comedy (58); Musicians (56); Opera (52); Football (50); Dance (47); Architecture (38); Short Stories (30); The Arrival (24); Autobiography (24); 20 Australian Masterpieces (22); Cooking (21); Arts Masterpieces (20); Aussie Masterpieces (20); Top 20 Arts Masterpieces (20); Modern Masterpieces (20); Australian Film (19); Art (19); Jazz (18); Directors (16)

WORLD: China (199); Iraq (114); India (64); Ireland (62); World economy (60); Afghanistan (60); England (58); Britain (54); Middle East (54); France (53); Asia (51); New York City (50); Africa (46); Barack Obama (45); New Zealand (42); Foreign Policy (41); Egypt (41); Pakistan (39); World War II (38); Germany (37); New York Times (36); Indonesia (34); Italy (34); George W Bush (33); Russia (32); Eurozone (31); Iran (29); Terrorism (29); California (27); European Union (27); United Nations (26); Aid (26); East Timor (24); Taliban (23); Communism (22); Israel (22); Libya (22); Egyptian revolution (21); Beijing (19); Libyan uprising (16); Nuclear power (16); Thailand (16); Greece (16); American Military (16)

ENVIRONMENT: Climate Change (265); Nuclear (142); Energy (116); Drought (76); Global Warming (57); Sustainability (46); Tasmania (44); Dogs (42); ETS (26); Amazon (24); Carbon dioxide (24); Conservation (22); Emissions trading (20); Rainforest (20); Carbon tax (17); Ecology (16); Carbon emissions (16); Water crisis (16); Horses (16); Nuclear Energy (16)

ECONOMICS: Business (152); Australian Economy (77); The Global Financial Crisis (66); European debt (40); Wall Street (38); Finance (38); Globalisation (37); Global Financial Crisis (34); Global finance (32); Recession (26); Unemployment (20); Food Production (18); Stock Market (16); Population growth (16)

MEDIA: ABC (102); Journalism (87); Australian Media (54); Rupert Murdoch (46); Radio National (40); Quarterly Essay (37); Fairfax (32); News Corporation (31); Google (29); Wikileaks (27); Social Media (25); News Limited (24); Twitter (23); Communications (23); Assange (22); Guardian (21); Phone-hacking scandal (21); Julian Assange (18); Crikey (16)

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Brain (71); Drugs (55); Psychology (41); Evolution (32); Biology (27); Genetics (21); Disease (18); Flu (17)