February 1, 2020
The fabulist of Auschwitz
Society
Heather Morris’s bestselling novels ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ and ‘Cilka’s Journey’, and the problem of truth in historical fiction
Christine Kenneally
By this author
December 1, 2013
The indigenous King Lear
Aboriginal people
The Shadow King reimagines Shakespeare's tragedy
August 2, 2012
The Forgotten Ones
Social justice
Half a million lost childhoods
June 1, 2012
’Canada’ by Richard Ford
Books
I don’t think there’s a single moment of happiness in Richard Ford’s latest novel, Canada. Or joy, mischief or warmth. The word ‘love’ appears a lot in the first of the saga’s three parts, but it doesn’t generate much heat. And …
March 2, 2012
Rejecting the Centre
Dance
Chunky Move’s Anouk van Dijk
December 1, 2011
Work and play
Society
Melbourne Zoo at 150
October 6, 2011
I heart New Yorker
Society
Amelia Lester
September 1, 2011
Triple zero’s emergency
Society
Why dialling ‘000’ may not save your life
May 5, 2011
Speech bubbles
Society
Dubious real estate coverage
February 3, 2011
Lousy science
Society
Lice infestations in Australia
December 2, 2010
Archive this
Society
“That’s red tape,” said Kate Cumming, a senior project officer at New South Wales State Records, pointing at a 20-centimetre high spool of thin white ribbon. Unravelled, it would run for half a kilometre. “That’s what we use to wrap records …
October 1, 2010
Primary care
Society
Tim Flannery’s ‘Here on Earth’