The Monthly, July 2008, No. 36 | The Monthly

The Monthly, July 2008, No. 36

In This Issue

July 2008 in brief

The Nation Reviewed

by Mungo MacCallum

Katharine’s Place

Trivial Pursuit

by Craig Sherborne

The Monthly Essays

by John Birmingham

An Oddity from the Start

Travels in the Northern Realm

by Nicolas Rothwell

Arts & Letters

More Than Picong

Seeing the Light

by Robert Forster

by Michael Cathcart

Stand & Deliver

‘Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E Smith’ by Mark E Smith (with Austin Collings)

by Gideon Haigh

‘The Pages’ by Murray Bail

by Chris Middendorp

Encounters

The 7th Brigade & the Kaigun Rikusentai

by Shane Maloney

Correspondence

miscellaneous

Site Highlights

Lord Monckton and the Future of Australian Media

Divided We Fall

The Beat Goes On

Angry Boys

Hot This Week

Recommended

POLITICS: Human Rights (186); Racism (92); Australian Politics (88); Feminism (88); Robert Manne (68); Obama (56); Islam (52); American Politics (48); Censorship (44); Multiculturalism (39); Consumerism (36); Pokies (30); Stolen Generations (28); Childcare (26); Freedom of Speech (26); Prime Ministers (20); Political Parties (19); Liberalism (18); Social Justice (18); History of Australia (18); Germaine Greer (17); Waleed Aly (17); Gay Marriage (16)

SOCIETY: Australian History (108); Travel (98); Ethics (68); Asylum Seekers (56); Lawyers (52); Gender (51); Neuroscience (50); Anthropology (45); Capitalism (45); Sexuality (45); Aboriginal People (41); Facebook (30); Australian Society (30); Scholars (29); Homosexuality (24); Muslim (23); Clive Hamilton (23); Decision-making (22); Sociology (22); Alice Springs (21); Gambling (20); 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 (77); Library (64); Comedy (58); Musicians (56); Opera (53); Football (50); Dance (47); Architecture (38); Philosophy (34); Short Stories (30); Autobiography (24); 20 Australian Masterpieces (22); Cooking (21); Modern Masterpieces (20); Aussie Masterpieces (20); Top 20 Arts Masterpieces (20); Arts Masterpieces (20); Art (19); Australian Film (19); Jazz (18); Directors (16)

WORLD: China (199); Iraq (114); India (64); Ireland (62); Afghanistan (60); World economy (60); England (58); Britain (54); Middle East (54); France (53); Asia (51); New York City (50); Africa (46); Barack Obama (46); New Zealand (42); Egypt (41); Foreign Policy (41); Pakistan (39); World War II (38); Germany (37); New York Times (36); George W Bush (34); Indonesia (34); Italy (34); Russia (33); Eurozone (31); Iran (30); Terrorism (29); European Union (28); California (27); Aid (26); United Nations (26); East Timor (24); Taliban (23); Israel (22); Communism (22); Libya (22); Egyptian revolution (21); Beijing (19); American Military (16); Thailand (16); Nuclear power (16); Greece (16); Libyan uprising (16)

ENVIRONMENT: Climate Change (266); Nuclear (142); Energy (116); Drought (76); Global Warming (57); Sustainability (46); Tasmania (43); Dogs (42); ETS (26); Amazon (24); Carbon dioxide (24); Conservation (22); Rainforest (20); Emissions trading (20); Carbon tax (17); Water crisis (16); Carbon emissions (16); Nuclear Energy (16); Ecology (16); Horses (16)

ECONOMICS: Business (152); Australian Economy (77); The Global Financial Crisis (66); European debt (41); Wall Street (39); 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 (55); Rupert Murdoch (46); Radio National (40); Quarterly Essay (37); Fairfax (33); News Corporation (31); Google (29); Wikileaks (27); Social Media (25); News Limited (24); Communications (23); Twitter (23); Assange (22); Guardian (21); Phone-hacking scandal (21); Julian Assange (18); Crikey (16); The Australian newspaper (16)

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Brain (71); Drugs (56); Psychology (41); Evolution (32); Biology (27); Genetics (21); Disease (19); Flu (17)