Malcolm Knox
The Monthly Essays
One-sport Wonders
Malcolm Knox
It’s the type of dewy summer morning when you can be sunburnt by 8 am. On the cricket field, 10 year olds in whites are hoping the hard...
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Books
Randy House: EL James’ 'Fifty Shades of Grey'
Malcolm Knox
When a new book series emerges from the swill of online fan fiction to sell 250,000 copies, dominate the New York Times e-book bestseller...
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The Old Boy: Knox Grammar’s Adrian Nisbett
Malcolm Knox
Knox Grammar, on Sydney’s upper North Shore, was and is a beautiful school. Established in 1924, it feels as if it has been around forever...
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The Nation Reviewed
Comment: Cronulla Five Years On
Malcolm Knox
One such line was drawn in the infamous early summer of 2005, when Sydney seemed to fracture into racial violence. From Cronulla to Lakemba...
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The Mission: The Bowraville Murders
Malcolm Knox
At Thomas Duroux’s house in Bowraville there are children, too. On the thin strip of his front yard, toys lie warping in the sun. Children...
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The Monthly Essays
The Next Chapter
Malcolm Knox
The scene is being played out across Australia, parents unable to get access to their new iPads, Kindles or Kobos because the digital...
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The Nation Reviewed
The Hard Stuff
Malcolm Knox
It was a recession; that’s my excuse. A friend got me a job interview with the world’s second-biggest management consultancy. A man and a...
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Nuclear Dawn
Malcolm Knox
The one constant is the belief of nuclear proponents – as durable as a radioactive isotope – in their technology. Even though the political...
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The Monthly Essays
Known Unknowns: Influenza
Malcolm Knox
Although it is an everyday virus, there is something about influenza that inspires awe. This microscopic hard-shelled parcel of genetic...
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Broken Record: The ‘Guinness World Records’
Malcolm Knox
High noon. A red dust storm has swallowed Sydney, and Brittany Boffo and Dean Frenkel are sitting in a green room readying themselves to...
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